Learning: Operant Conditioning

Question 1

Operant Conditioning

Answer 1

associate their own actions with consequences.

Question 2

Reinforcement

Answer 2

any event that strengthens (increases the frequency of) a preceding response.

Question 3

Shaping

Answer 3

gradually guiding the subject’s actions toward the desired behavior.

Question 4

Positive Reinforcement

Answer 4

strengthens responding by presenting a typically pleasurable stimulus

Question 5

Negative Reinforcement

Answer 5

strengthens a response by reducing or removing something negative.

Question 6

time-out from positive reinforcement

Answer 6

removing a misbehaving subject from access to desired stimuli