Chapter 5: Reinforcement, PSYC 387 Learning: Unit 3
(Chapters 5-6), Psych 387 Unit 3 AC Questions With
Complete Solutions
_______ reinforcers are those that have been arranged by
someone Correct Answers Contrived
_______ theory assumes that a behavior becomes reinforcing
when we are prevented from performing it as ofen as we
normally would Correct Answers Response deprivation
________ gave Skinner's experimental chamber the name,
"Skinner box."
a. Fred Keller
b. E. L. Thorndike
c. John Watson
d. Clark Hull Correct Answers Clark Hull
. ________ demonstrated that electrical stimulation of the brain
could be reinforcing.
a. Olds and Milner
b. Skinner
c. Barnes and Noble
d. Hull Correct Answers Olds and Milner
. The author of your text calls Skinner the ______.
a. Newton of psychology
b. Thorndike of free operant work
c. discoverer of reinforcement
d. Darwin of behavior science Correct Answers Darwin of
behavior science
,. The best title for the figure below is ______.
a. Motivation and Line Drawing
b. The Effect of Practice without Reinforcement
c. Trial and Error Learning
d. Improvement in Line Drawing with Practice
Ref. 155 Correct Answers The Effect of Practice without
Reinforcement
. The number of operant procedures indicated in the contingency
square is ______.
a. two
b. four
c. six
d. nine Correct Answers four
1. E. L. Thorndike's studies of learning started as an attempt to
understand _______.
a. operant conditioning
b. the psychic reflex
c. animal intelligence
d. maze learning Correct Answers animal intelligence
32. _____is a neurotransmitter that seems to be important in
reinforcement.
a. Dopamine
b. Stupamine
c. Intelamine
d. Actomine
Ref: 151 Correct Answers Dopamine
, A ____________ is a situation in which reinforcement is
available but the behavior necessary to produce it is not. Correct
Answers problem
A _____________ is a series of behaviors, the last of which
produces reinforcement Correct Answers A behaviour chain
a chaining procedure in which training begins with the first link
in the chain and adds subsequent links in order Correct Answers
forward chaining
a chaining procedure in which training begins with the last link
in the chain and adds preceding links in reverse order Correct
Answers backward chaining
a high probability behavior can be used to reinforce a low
probability behavior Correct Answers Premack Principle
A metaphor to describe a rate of responding and its resistance to
change following an alteration in reinforcement conditions.
Correct Answers behavioral momentum
A motivating operation that decreases the reinforcing
effectiveness of a consequence Correct Answers abolishing
operations
A motivating operation that establishes (increases) the
effectiveness of a consequence Correct Answers establishing
operations
(Chapters 5-6), Psych 387 Unit 3 AC Questions With
Complete Solutions
_______ reinforcers are those that have been arranged by
someone Correct Answers Contrived
_______ theory assumes that a behavior becomes reinforcing
when we are prevented from performing it as ofen as we
normally would Correct Answers Response deprivation
________ gave Skinner's experimental chamber the name,
"Skinner box."
a. Fred Keller
b. E. L. Thorndike
c. John Watson
d. Clark Hull Correct Answers Clark Hull
. ________ demonstrated that electrical stimulation of the brain
could be reinforcing.
a. Olds and Milner
b. Skinner
c. Barnes and Noble
d. Hull Correct Answers Olds and Milner
. The author of your text calls Skinner the ______.
a. Newton of psychology
b. Thorndike of free operant work
c. discoverer of reinforcement
d. Darwin of behavior science Correct Answers Darwin of
behavior science
,. The best title for the figure below is ______.
a. Motivation and Line Drawing
b. The Effect of Practice without Reinforcement
c. Trial and Error Learning
d. Improvement in Line Drawing with Practice
Ref. 155 Correct Answers The Effect of Practice without
Reinforcement
. The number of operant procedures indicated in the contingency
square is ______.
a. two
b. four
c. six
d. nine Correct Answers four
1. E. L. Thorndike's studies of learning started as an attempt to
understand _______.
a. operant conditioning
b. the psychic reflex
c. animal intelligence
d. maze learning Correct Answers animal intelligence
32. _____is a neurotransmitter that seems to be important in
reinforcement.
a. Dopamine
b. Stupamine
c. Intelamine
d. Actomine
Ref: 151 Correct Answers Dopamine
, A ____________ is a situation in which reinforcement is
available but the behavior necessary to produce it is not. Correct
Answers problem
A _____________ is a series of behaviors, the last of which
produces reinforcement Correct Answers A behaviour chain
a chaining procedure in which training begins with the first link
in the chain and adds subsequent links in order Correct Answers
forward chaining
a chaining procedure in which training begins with the last link
in the chain and adds preceding links in reverse order Correct
Answers backward chaining
a high probability behavior can be used to reinforce a low
probability behavior Correct Answers Premack Principle
A metaphor to describe a rate of responding and its resistance to
change following an alteration in reinforcement conditions.
Correct Answers behavioral momentum
A motivating operation that decreases the reinforcing
effectiveness of a consequence Correct Answers abolishing
operations
A motivating operation that establishes (increases) the
effectiveness of a consequence Correct Answers establishing
operations
