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A teacher wants to encourage her students to work cooperatively with one another as they study classroom subject matter. Which one of the following strategies reflects the principle that some antecedent stimuli tend to elicit certain kinds of behaviors ?

Answers:
Praise her students when they cooperate with one another.
First give students a task in which they can't work with one another.
Say "I like how Sally and John are helping one another today" loudly enough that other students can hear.
Provide instructional materials that students can use only by working together.

Provide instructional materials that students can use only by working together.

The basic idea underlying operant conditioning is that:

Responses are learned primarily through repetition.
Responses are affected by the consequences that follow them.
Learners are more motivated to acquire some behaviors than others.
Stimulus-response associations, once learned, are permanent.

Responses are affected by the consequences that follow them.

Tammy is scolded for submitting a messy math homework paper, so she tries to do her math problems more neatly after that. The scolding Tammy received is an example of:

Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Presentation punishment
Removal punishment

Presentation punishment

Ms. Frago has several students who are chronic misbehavers. She meets individually with each student, and together she and the student agree to a plan for improving the student's behavior and a suitable reinforcement for appropriate behavior change. Ms. Frago is using:

Reinforcement of an incompatible behavior
A contingency contract
Self-reinforcement
Self-monitoring

A contingency contract

Which one of the following is the best example of a student working for an incentive?

Arnold's teacher gives him a big hug after he surprises her by bringing her a cupcake from home.
Betsy decides not to talk in class because her teacher ridiculed her earlier in the day when she gave an incorrect answer.
Cyril stays out late even though he knows he will be punished when he gets home.
Doris is studying with the hope that she'll get a high grade on her history test.

Doris is studying with the hope that she'll get a high grade on her history test.

Stacey dislikes physical education class because her classmates tease her about her lack of strength and coordination. One day Stacey unintentionally hits one of her classmates, and the teacher sends her to the principal's office for the remainder of the class session. Stacey becomes increasingly aggressive in class and so spends more and more time in the principal's office. From an operant conditioning perspective, we can explain this situation by saying that Stacey is:

Being vicariously reinforced for her aggression
Being vicariously punished for her aggression
Being negatively reinforced for her aggression
Undergoing extinction in her aggression

Being negatively reinforced for her aggression

Warren has earned himself a reputation for being the class clown. His teacher, Ms. Washington, used to laugh at Warren's funny remarks but is now trying to discourage Warren's disruptive behavior by ignoring his jokes. In spite of Ms. Washington's attempts to ignore Warren, Warren sometimes tells a joke so funny that Ms. Washington laughs in spite of herself. Rather than decreasing his joke telling, Warren begins telling even more outrageous jokes. Inadvertently, Ms. Washington is modifying Warren's joke-telling behavior through:

Shaping
Extinction
Punishment
Negative reinforcement

Shaping

In the middle of a difficult exam, Robert tells his teacher that his stomach hurts, and the teacher immediately sends him to the school nurse. On several later occasions when he has a difficult test or assignment, Robert again tells his teacher that he doesn't feel well. Each time he is sent to the school nurse before he has completed his work. From an operant conditioning perspective, we can say that Robert is:

Being punished for complaining about his stomach
Being negatively reinforced for complaining about his stomach
Being intermittently reinforced for complaining about his stomach
Showing a tendency to delay gratification

Being negatively reinforced for complaining about his stomach

When Mr. Thompson yells at his students, they stop being so noisy. Mr. Thompson is receiving ________ for his yelling behavior.

intermittent reinforcement
negative reinforcement
intrinsic reinforcement
vicarious reinforcement

negative reinforcement

At the beginning of the school year, Mr. Webber is concerned that Frances rarely does her independent seatwork. He begins praising Frances for each seatwork assignment she completes, and by January she is completing her assignments regularly. To make sure that the behavior continues in the years to come, what would operant conditioning theorists tell Mr. Webber to do now?

Praise her more often than before.
Praise her for only some of her completed assignments.
Punish Frances when she doesn't complete an assignment.
Switch from a social reinforcer to a concrete reinforcer.

Praise her for only some of her completed assignments.

Which one of the following statements best illustrates the process of cueing acceptable behaviors?

"Does anyone know why Henry isn't in school today?"
"Thank you, everyone, for following the format I asked you to use on your math papers. It makes them easier for me to grade."
"Students who are sitting quietly will be the first ones to be dismissed."
"Who is planning to try out for the school play after school today?"

"Students who are sitting quietly will be the first ones to be dismissed."

Ms. Aguilar's third-grade students enjoy art and spend much of their free time drawing and painting. If she tells them, "You can paint as soon as you finish your arithmetic problems," she is providing:

Negative reinforcement
An activity reinforcer
An intrinsic reinforcer
Intermittent reinforcement

An activity reinforcer

Which one of the following statements best characterizes how reinforcement of incompatible behavior helps reduce inappropriate behavior in the classroom?

When a teacher reinforces different students for different behaviors, they begin to discover which behaviors are appropriate and which are not.
Negative reinforcement of an incompatible behavior can ultimately reduce the frequency of that behavior.
An undesirable behavior will decrease when a student is reinforced for behaving in an opposite manner.
A teacher can reduce serious behavior problems by allowing students to engage in less serious misbehaviors.

An undesirable behavior will decrease when a student is reinforced for behaving in an opposite manner.

Which one of the following alternatives best describes shaping?

Reinforcement becomes gradually stronger over time.
Reinforcement is weaned away over time, until a student is doing something without being reinforced.
The particular response being reinforced changes over time so that it increasingly resembles the desired behavior.
Praise is the only reinforcer used, and the specific things that are said to a student change as the student improves.

The particular response being reinforced changes over time so that it increasingly resembles the desired behavior.

John is caught cheating on a homework assignment. He suffers no consequences for doing so, even though cheating is in clear violation of school policy. Given what psychologists have learned about what happens when consequences of learners' behaviors are inconsistent with learners' expectations, which one of the following predictions can we make about John's future behavior?

He will cheat less frequently.
He will cheat as frequently as he has in the past.
He will cheat more frequently.
He will complain to his parents.

He will cheat more frequently.

Which one of the following statements best describes positive reinforcement?

Reinforcement consists of getting something a learner finds desirable.
Reinforcement consists of getting rid of something a learner finds unpleasant.
A desirable classroom behavior is reinforced.
An inappropriate classroom behavior is reinforced.

Reinforcement consists of getting something a learner finds desirable.

Which one of the following accurately describes the difference between negative reinforcement and punishment?

Negative reinforcement is essentially the same as punishment, but without the negative connotations that punishment has.
Negative reinforcement increases the frequency of behavior, whereas punishment decreases it.
Negative reinforcement always decreases the frequency of behavior, whereas punishment often increases it.
Both consequences decrease behavior, but punishment is more likely to make students angry and defiant.

Negative reinforcement increases the frequency of behavior, whereas punishment decreases it.

Only one of the following could be a primary reinforcer. Which one?

A penny
A hundred dollars
A glass of water
Praise

A glass of water

The term negative reinforcement can best be described as a situation in which:

Something the learner wants is presented after a response
Something the learner wants is taken away after a response
Something the learner doesn't want is presented after a response
Something the learner doesn't want is taken away after a response

Something the learner doesn't want is taken away after a response

Two boys are fighting on school grounds during recess. Fighting is against school rules, and the boys know this. Even so, a teacher who sees them lets them continue to fight rather than punishing them for doing so. Judging from what psychologists say regarding what happens when expected punishments don't occur, we can predict that these boys will be:

Less likely to fight in the future
More likely to fight in the future
Likely to feel guilty when they stop fighting
Likely to imitate more appropriate social behaviors in the future

More likely to fight in the future

Which one of the following is an example of reinforcing an incompatible behavior as a way of eliminating an undesirable behavior?

Melissa is very shy and socially withdrawn. Her teacher reinforces her with a smile whenever she interacts with classmates.
Johnny's wisecracks have become so annoying that his teacher keeps him in from recess whenever he speaks inappropriately.
Mary has learned to reinforce herself whenever she gets all her spelling words correct.
Jerry must stay after school on days when he arrives late.

Melissa is very shy and socially withdrawn. Her teacher reinforces her with a smile whenever she interacts with classmates.

Loretta has been painting graffiti on the school walls after school hours. The school principal and school counselor discuss this problem and finally agree that they will try to eliminate Loretta's graffiti-painting by asking her to chair a Clean-Up-The-School (CUTS) committee, then giving her school-wide recognition for her efforts. The counselor is suggesting:

Cueing
Reinforcement of an incompatible behavior
Presentation punishment
Removal punishment

Reinforcement of an incompatible behavior

Mr. Johnson wants a hyperactive boy to be able to sit quietly for at least 15 minutes at a time. To do this, he begins praising the boy for sitting still for one minute, then for two minutes, and then only for four minutes, and so on. Mr. Johnson's strategy reflects which one of the following concepts?

Shaping
A contingency contract
Distributed learning
Intermittent reinforcement

Shaping

Which one of the following is the best example of the use of an activity reinforcer?
Getting a new outfit that you think is "cool"
Being told that you did a good job
Being allowed to play basketball at a friend's house after you finish your homework
Feeling good about your own generosity toward a less fortunate classmate

Being allowed to play basketball at a friend's house after you finish your homework

It is essential that teachers follow through with the reinforcement they have promised for certain student behaviors. Why is such follow-through important?

When expected reinforcement doesn't occur, students feel punished.
Vicarious reinforcement alone is a relatively ineffective means of changing behavior.
Even high school students have difficulty delaying gratification.
Students learn more quickly when they are reinforced intermittently rather than continuously.

When expected reinforcement doesn't occur, students feel punished.

Caleb continually blurts out the answers to Mr. Karowski's questions-so much so that other students rarely have a chance to respond. Mr. Karowski decides to ignore Caleb's behavior, hoping that it will decrease if he doesn't pay attention to it. Mr. Karowski is applying the concept of _________ in his treatment of Caleb.

intermittent reinforcement
incompatible behavior
punishment
extinction

extinction

Ms. Smythe keeps Eric after school whenever he swears in class. Even though Eric has been kept after school each day for the past three weeks, his swearing hasn't decreased at all-in fact, it has steadily increased. Given what we know about the effects of punishment on behavior, Ms. Smythe should probably conclude that:

Her punishment is temporarily suppressing Eric's swearing.
The punishment is too severe.
Eric's swearing will decrease eventually.
Staying after school is reinforcing for Eric.

Staying after school is reinforcing for Eric.

The basic idea underlying operant conditioning is that:

Responses are learned primarily through repetition.
Responses are affected by the consequences that follow them.
Learners are more motivated to acquire some behaviors than others.
Stimulus-response associations, once learned, are permanent.

Responses are affected by the consequences that follow them.

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