Question 1

Skinner contended that punishment was not effective.What was his reasons for doing so.

Accepted Answer

Skinner showed that the initial effects

Question 2

Engaging in a behavior to remove an aversive event is called ______.

Accepted Answer

A) an escape response 
B) contingency reduction 
C) negative punishment 
D) vicarious reinforcement 
A) an escape response 
B) contingency reduction 
C) negative punishment 
D) vicarious reinforcement

Question 3

What is the impact of acquisition training on escape behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) There is no impact. 
B) Low acquisition training causes high extinction to the escape response. 
C) Medium acquisition training causes high extinction to the escape response. 
D) Greater acquisition training causes slower extinction to the escape response. 
A) There is no impact. 
B) Low acquisition training causes high extinction to the escape response. 
C) Medium acquisition training causes high extinction to the escape response. 
D) Greater acquisition training causes slower extinction to the escape response.

Question 4

Punishment must be consistently administered if it is to successfully eliminate inappropriate behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

List and describe three factors that influence the effectiveness of punishment.

Accepted Answer

Severity: How strong or mild t

Question 6

Many variables determine if punishment will suppress a behavior.Which is not one of these?

Accepted Answer

A) severity of the punishing stimulus 
B) consistency of the punishment 
C) delay of punishment 
D) all of these 
A) severity of the punishing stimulus 
B) consistency of the punishment 
C) delay of punishment 
D) all of these

Question 7

Which of the following closely approximates the vicious-circle behavior found in rats?

Accepted Answer

A) The person who is outgoing and viewed as the life of the party. 
B) The person who tries to be friends with everyone. 
C) The person who seeks admiration from others and becomes upset when it does not occur. 
D) The person who enters into successive relationships with the same type of person only to have each relationship fail. 
A) The person who is outgoing and viewed as the life of the party. 
B) The person who tries to be friends with everyone. 
C) The person who seeks admiration from others and becomes upset when it does not occur. 
D) The person who enters into successive relationships with the same type of person only to have each relationship fail.

Question 8

Jeremy is invited to an office party he does not want to attend.Not wanting to upset everyone,he says he needs to catch a plane that day to visit his parents in a different city.This is an example of ______.

Accepted Answer

A) contrast avoidance 
B) active avoidance 
C) passive avoidance 
D) none of these 
A) contrast avoidance 
B) active avoidance 
C) passive avoidance 
D) none of these

Question 9

Mild punishers effectively suppress behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Parents who abuse their children ______.

Accepted Answer

A) were more likely to be abused by their parents 
B) were less likely to be abused by their parents 
C) do not model abusive behavior toward their children 
D) none of these 
A) were more likely to be abused by their parents 
B) were less likely to be abused by their parents 
C) do not model abusive behavior toward their children 
D) none of these

Question 11

Paying your car bill in order to avoid car repossession is an example of ______.

Accepted Answer

A) contingent avoidance 
B) contrast avoidance 
C) active avoidance 
D) passive avoidance 
A) contingent avoidance 
B) contrast avoidance 
C) active avoidance 
D) passive avoidance

Question 12

In order to ethically use punishment as a means for influencing behavior in an experiment,what should the procedure be contingent on?

Accepted Answer

A) Subjects should experience less discomfort than they would if the treatment had not been employed. 
B) Subject should be of low moral character. 
C) Subject should only be pooled from the criminal justice system. 
D) Punishment should only be used with nonhuman species. 
A) Subjects should experience less discomfort than they would if the treatment had not been employed. 
B) Subject should be of low moral character. 
C) Subject should only be pooled from the criminal justice system. 
D) Punishment should only be used with nonhuman species.

Question 13

When I speed down the road,get pulled over by the police and given a ticket,this is an example of ______.

Accepted Answer

A) situational punishment 
B) conventional punishment 
C) time out 
D) response cost 
A) situational punishment 
B) conventional punishment 
C) time out 
D) response cost

Question 14

Which of the following punishment schedules is the most effective?

Accepted Answer

A) FR-10 
B) FR-5 
C) FR-1 
D) VR-5 
A) FR-10 
B) FR-5 
C) FR-1 
D) VR-5

Question 15

When delivering an electric shock causes a reduction in responding,this is an example of ______.

Accepted Answer

A) negative punishment 
B) positive punishment 
C) omission training 
D) response cost 
A) negative punishment 
B) positive punishment 
C) omission training 
D) response cost

Question 16

Delay has minimal impacts on avoidance behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Based on his research,Skinner concluded that punishing a response ______.

Accepted Answer

A) actually increased a behavior 
B) destroys the underlying S-R association 
C) temporarily decreases the frequency of a response 
D) permanently stopped the response 
A) actually increased a behavior 
B) destroys the underlying S-R association 
C) temporarily decreases the frequency of a response 
D) permanently stopped the response

Question 18

As the cost of helping increases,the likelihood of helping behavior also increases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Skinner contended that punishment was not effective.What was his reasons for doing so.

Engaging in a behavior to remove an aversive event is called ______.

What is the impact of acquisition training on escape behavior?

Punishment must be consistently administered if it is to successfully eliminate inappropriate behavior.

List and describe three factors that influence the effectiveness of punishment.

Many variables determine if punishment will suppress a behavior.Which is not one of these?

Which of the following closely approximates the vicious-circle behavior found in rats?

Jeremy is invited to an office party he does not want to attend.Not wanting to upset everyone,he says he needs to catch a plane that day to visit his parents in a different city.This is an example of ______.

Mild punishers effectively suppress behavior.

Parents who abuse their children ______.

Paying your car bill in order to avoid car repossession is an example of ______.

In order to ethically use punishment as a means for influencing behavior in an experiment,what should the procedure be contingent on?

When I speed down the road,get pulled over by the police and given a ticket,this is an example of ______.

Which of the following punishment schedules is the most effective?

When delivering an electric shock causes a reduction in responding,this is an example of ______.

Delay has minimal impacts on avoidance behavior.

Based on his research,Skinner concluded that punishing a response ______.

As the cost of helping increases,the likelihood of helping behavior also increases.

An Introduction to Learning

The Modification of Instinctive Behavior

Principles and Applications of Pavlovian Conditioning

Theories of Pavlovian Conditioning

Principles and Applications of Appetitive Conditioning

Theories of Appetitive and Aversive Conditioning

Biological Influences on Learning

Traditional Learning Theories

Stimulus Control of Behavior

Cognitive Control of Behavior

The Storage of Our Experiences

Memory Retrieval and Forgetting

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Exam 6: Principles and Applications of Aversive Conditioning

Skinner contended that punishment was not effective.What was his reasons for doing so.

Engaging in a behavior to remove an aversive event is called ______.

What is the impact of acquisition training on escape behavior?

Punishment must be consistently administered if it is to successfully eliminate inappropriate behavior.

List and describe three factors that influence the effectiveness of punishment.

Many variables determine if punishment will suppress a behavior.Which is not one of these?

Which of the following closely approximates the vicious-circle behavior found in rats?

Jeremy is invited to an office party he does not want to attend.Not wanting to upset everyone,he says he needs to catch a plane that day to visit his parents in a different city.This is an example of ______.

Mild punishers effectively suppress behavior.

Parents who abuse their children ______.

Paying your car bill in order to avoid car repossession is an example of ______.

In order to ethically use punishment as a means for influencing behavior in an experiment,what should the procedure be contingent on?

When I speed down the road,get pulled over by the police and given a ticket,this is an example of ______.

Which of the following punishment schedules is the most effective?

When delivering an electric shock causes a reduction in responding,this is an example of ______.

Delay has minimal impacts on avoidance behavior.

Based on his research,Skinner concluded that punishing a response ______.

As the cost of helping increases,the likelihood of helping behavior also increases.

An Introduction to Learning

The Modification of Instinctive Behavior

Principles and Applications of Pavlovian Conditioning

Theories of Pavlovian Conditioning

Principles and Applications of Appetitive Conditioning

Theories of Appetitive and Aversive Conditioning

Biological Influences on Learning

Traditional Learning Theories

Stimulus Control of Behavior

Cognitive Control of Behavior

The Storage of Our Experiences

Memory Retrieval and Forgetting

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