A behavior that has been previously reinforced no longer results in reinforcing consequences and, as a result, stops occurring in the future. This process is referred to as:
What is extinction?
100
If a behavior occurs and it is immediately followed by a consequence that makes the behavior less likely to occur in the future it is called:
What is punishment?
100
Bill drives faster than the speed limit only when his friends are in the car with him because they tell him he is cool. He doesn’t speed when his parents or girlfriend are in the car because they don’t say it’s cool. What is the SD in this example?
What is friend?
100
In ____________ conditioning, a response is elicited by an antecedent stimulus, and conditioning involves the pairing of two stimuli.
What is respondent?
100
Jerry wants to improve his studying. He observes and records the times when he studies. Observing and recording your own behavior is called:
What is self-monitoring?
200
Sarah presses her mouse button while using her computer but nothing happens (the mouse is broken). Sarah presses the mouse button longer and harder before eventually giving up. Sarah’s behavior of temporarily pressing the mouse button longer and harder before giving up is an example of a(an):
What is extinction burst?
200
In order for punishment to be effective, the consequence should follow the behavior closely in time. This factor is referred to as:
What is immediacy?
200
Bill drives faster than the speed limit only when his friends are in the car with him because they tell him he is cool. He doesn’t speed when his parents or girlfriend are in the car because they don’t say it’s cool. What is the S-delta in this example?
What are parents and girlfriend?
200
In ____________ conditioning a response is emitted, and conditioning involves a contingency between the response and the consequence.
What is operant
200
Zach’s behavior of pushing other children typically occurs on the playground. The playground would be a(n) ________________ setting for Zach’s behavior.
What is natural?
300
Extinction works best when it follows ___________ reinforcement.
What is continuous?
300
In behavior modification, if a stimulus is presented following the behavior and it influences the future probability of the behavior, the process is either ____________ or ____________.
What is positive reinforcement or positive punishment.
300
In behavior modification, when a certain behavior occurs in the presence of stimuli that are similar to the discriminative stimulus during stimulus discrimination training, ____________ has occurred.
What is generalization?
300
Which of the possible temporal relationships between the neutral stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus (ie. which type of conditioning) is least likely to be effective?
What is backward conditioning?
300
A psychologist wants to observe the tantrum behavior of a child. The tantrums usually occur in the classroom, but the psychologist does not have access to the classroom so she observes the child in a room that resembles a classroom. This would be an example of a(n) ___________ setting.
What is analogue?
400
In order to extinguish a negatively reinforced behavior, the ____________ is no longer removed or avoided following the behavior.
What is the aversive stimulus?
400
Andrew was removed from class because he swore at his teacher. As a result of being removed from class activities, Andrew never swears at his teacher again. This is an example of:
What is negative punishment?
400
What is the correct sequence for these three words:
Response, Discriminative Stimulus, Consequence
What is SD, Response, Consequence?
400
When the neutral stimulus and unconditioned stimulus are presented at the same time it is called ____________ conditioning.
What is simultaneous?
400
Bill keeps track of the amount of time he studies each day. Which dimension of behavior is Bill recording?
What is duration?
500
Ignoring the behavior amounts to extinction only when the behavior is reinforced by:
What is attention?
500
If following the behavior, the reinforcer that was maintaining the behavior is removed and the behavior decreases it is called ____________. If a positive reinforcer the person had already acquired is removed following the behavior and the behavior decreases it is called ____________.
What is extinction and negative punishment?
500
As a result of stimulus discrimination training, the presence of the discriminative stimulus signals that the behavior will be __________.
What is reinforced?
500
In behavior modification, operant conditioning involves the manipulation of ____________ and respondent conditioning involves the manipulation of ____________.
What is consequences and antecedents
500
Matthew frequently hits other children during class. However, he never hits other kids when he knows the teacher is observing him. This is an example of: