PSY320 Exam 2 Practice Questions and
Answers
Training rats to run a maze for food is an instrumental paradigm because the researcher is:
A. Constraining the opportunity to respond to reinforcement
B. Presenting a CS without a UCS
C. Unable to observe what is taking place in the maze
D. Condit...
B. Given after a response that increases the probability of the response occurring
C. Taken away after a response that decreases the probability of the response occurring
D. Taken away after a response that increases the probability of the response occurring - ANSWER✔✔-D.
Taken away after a response that increases the probability of the response occurring
According to Skinner, a secondary reinforcer is an event:
A. That results from learning
B. That produces pleasure
C. The reduces a drive
D. That is inherently reinforcing - ANSWER✔✔-A. That results from learning
The term ___________ has replaced the term behavior modification.
A. Competency management
B. Complacency management
C. Contigency management
D. Continuous management - ANSWER✔✔-C. Contigency management
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