Skinner’s Life & Work
What is the Skinner Box?
He invented this device to study reinforcement in animals.
What is positive reinforcement?
Adding a pleasant stimulus to increase behavior is called this.
What is a variable ratio schedule?
Reinforcement after an unpredictable number of responses.
What is Consequence?
Skinner’s three-term contingency includes Antecedent, Behavior, and this.
What is praise and extra reading time?
A Grade 2 teacher in Kingston uses this reinforcement to motivate students.
What is Harvard University?
Skinner earned his Ph.D. in psychology at this university.
What is negative punishment?
Removing a valued stimulus to weaken behavior is known as this.
What is a variable interval schedule?
Reinforcement after varying time intervals.
What is observable actions/behavior?
Skinner argued psychology should study these instead of internal mental states.
What are certificates and stipends?
In Saint Thomas, youth programs use this to encourage workshop attendance.