EDUC 701 Quiz: Behaviorism | Score for this quiz: 50 out of 50 | Latest Summer 2025.

Question 1 2.5 / 2.5 pts Question 3 2.5 / 2.5 pts EDUC 701 Quiz: Behaviorism Score for this quiz: 50 out of 50 Submitted Jun 27 at 7:33pm This attempt took 49 minutes. A reinforcement is responsible for response strengthening and increases the frequency of a behavior. True False Good work Reinforcement and punishment are most commonly associated with Operant conditioning. Classical conditioning. Connectionism. Constructivism. Good work Question 2 2.5 / 2.5 ptsQuestion 5 2.5 / 2.5 pts Unconditioned stimulus (UCS) causes an unconditioned response (UCR). a conditioned response (CR). a conditioned stimulus (CS). an unconditioned stimulus (UCS). Good work Giving a child extra credit for helping around the classroom is an example of Positive reinforcement. Negative reinforcement. Positive punishment. Negative punishment. Good work Pop quizzes in math class are an example of Question 4 2.5 / 2.5 ptsVariable-ratio. Variable-interval. Fixed-ratio. Fixed-interval. Good work Connectionism theory is best associated with this scientist. Pavlov Skinner Thorndike Watson Good work Classical conditioning theory is best associated with this scientist. Pavlov Question 7 2.5 / 2.5 pts Question 6 2.5 / 2.5 ptsSkinner Thorndike Watson Good work Operant conditioning is best associated with this scientist. Pavlov Skinner Thorndike Watson Good work Teachers getting a paycheck every two weeks is an example of Variable-ratio. Variable-interval. Question 9 2.5 / 2.5 pts Question 8 2.5 / 2.5 ptsQuestion 10 2.5 / 2.5 pts Question 11 2.5 / 2.5 pts Fixed-ratio. Fixed-interval. Good work Getting extra credit in English class every time you read 50 pages of Ivanhoe is an example of Variable-ratio. Variable-interval. Fixed-ratio. Fixed-interval. Good work It was Friday and Susan went to her English class thinking about her upcoming date that night with the boy of her dreams. The night before she tried but could not concentrate on the chapter of Ivanhoe she was supposed to read. Her hair would not cooperate with her today and to make matters worse, she was tired from texting her friend into the night regarding what shoes she should wear on her date. Susan did not learn much that day. Which of the following explains this outcome? The law of effortThe law of readiness The law of exercise The law of effect Good work Stimulus generalization occurs when a stimulus that is similar to an already-conditioned stimulus begins to produce the same response as the original stimulus does and stimulus discrimination occurs when the organism learns to differentiate between the CS and other similar stimuli. True False Good work Which of the following statements best represents Thorndike's Law of Effect? Behaviors followed by reinforcements are more likely to occur again. Behaviors followed by punishments are more likely to occur again. Behaviors followed by reinforcements are less likely to occur again. Question 12 2.5 / 2.5 pts Question 13 2.5 / 2.5 ptsQuestion 14 2.5 / 2.5 pts Question 15 2.5 / 2.5 pts Good work A high school student loses free time for disrupting the class. Eventually, the student stops disrupting the class. This is an example of Positive reinforcement. Negative reinforcement. Positive punishment. Negative punishment. Good work You teach Cindi to hit a baseball with a bat by using a series of successive steps to get closer and closer to the target behavior. This is an example of Extinction. Shaping. Generalization. Discrimination. Good workQuestion 17 2.5 / 2.5 pts Once a certain response occurs regularly to a given stimulus; the response also may occur with similar stimuli. This is an example of Extinction. Shaping. Generalization. Discrimination. Good work Having a child throw toys until it is no longer fun is an example of Edwin R. Guthrie’s fatigue method. True False Good work Jim used to disrupt the teacher's conversations by interrupting her. The teacher consistently ignored his interruptions and the behavior stopped. This is an example of shaping is occurring. Question 16 2.5 / 2.5 pts Question 18 2.5 / 2.5 ptsIQuestion 19 / 2.5 pts Question 20 2.5 / 2.5 pts discrimination is occurring. generalization is occurring. extinction is occurring. Good work A teacher sees a student misbehaving during a question-and-answer session. The teacher sees the misbehavior and assigns the student homework. Assigning the homework stops the misbehavior and serves as a Positive reinforcement. Negative reinforcement. Positive punishment. Negative punishment. That's correct The basic assumption in behaviorism is that: Behavior is based on heredity.Behavior cannot be changed. Behavior is learned from the environment Good work Quiz Score: 50 out of 50