HISTORY
REINFORCEMENT
EVERYDAY REINFORCERS
BEHAVIOR
SELF-CONTROL
100
B.F. Skinner died what year?
What is the year 1990?
100
The act of strengthening a response, by adding a reward, thus raising the rate at which it will re-occur.
What is Reinforcement?
100
Patterns or rates of providing or witholding reinforcers.
What is Reinforcement Schedules?
100
Children learning to speak are using this behavioral reinforcer.
What is Successive Approximation?
100
Self-Control techniques can modify what?
What is the effects of external forces?
200
Skinner read books by Pavlov & Watson before deciding to become what?
What is a Behaviorist?
200
The lack of reinforcement creates what?
What is Extinction?
200
Kill shots in games such as Call of Duty would be an example of this reinforcer.
What is Variable-Interval?
200
A form of therapy that applies the principles of reinforcement to bring about desired behavioral changes.
What is Behavioral Modification or Behavioral Modification Techniques?
200
I got a full credit A+ on the last test! I treat myself with a copy of the game Assassin's Creed III for a job well done. What self-control am I practicing?
What is Self-Reinforcement?
300
Skinner earned his degree in English at this school in upstate New York.
What is Hamilton College?
300
Changing the consequences will change the rate of response.
What is Operant Conditioning?
300
This question you're trying to answer right now under a time limit (trust me i'm keeping track, somebody has to) is an example of this reinforcer.
What is Fixed-Interval?
300
In baseball, Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander eats three crunchy Taco Supremes, a Cheesy Gordita Crunch and a Mexican Pizza from Taco Bell before every start he pitches. This is an example of what behavior?
What is Supersitious Behavior?
300
There is a girl here at this school, that dated my cousin. It ended badly and tensions are high. I ignore her, stay professional and keep to myself. What self-control am I practing?
What is being a coward? Dah, I mean Stimulus Avoidance! Yeah, that's it.
400
Skinner earned his Ph.D in this in just three years despite no background in the subject.
What is Psychology?
400
Skinner's operant-conditioning apparatus.
What is "The Skinner Box" ?
400
Being awarded a Bachelor's Degree from college, and the job opportunities it might bring are an example of this reinforcer.
What is Variable-Ratio?
400
Although our behavior is determined by external forces, we do have the ability to alter its impact through this behavior.
What is Self-Control?
400
A New Year's Resolution is an example of this self-control technique.
What is Aversive Stimulation?
500
Skinner originally wanted to be a novelist, not a behaviorist. This book described the basis for Skinner's Psychology.
What is "Walden Two" ?
500
This behavior is the more important behavior of them all, using the environment to change itself.
What is Operant Behavior?
500
A car salesman is an example of this reinforcer.
What is Fixed-Ratio?
500
A small boy makes sure his teeth are brushed, shoes are put away, his little sister is tucked in, and toys are in the tox box. He's given 20 extra minutes of TV time at bed, and $5 dollars to spend how he wants. This is an example of what classic behavior modification?
What is Token Economy?
500
A 10-year old kid thinks baseball players that have a big chew or dip of tobacco is really cool, and makes him look grown up. So his grandfather gives him a huge chew to fit in. The kid keeps it in a few minutes, and eventually spits it out and vomits, never touching it again for the rest of his life. What self-control technique is this?
What is Self-Administered Satiation?
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