Which of the following consequences, reinforce the behavior and increase its likelihood of occurrence in the future?
a) good
b) bad
c) normal
d) both a and b
Explanation: good consequences are positive feedback e.g. reward
Which of the following consequences, prohibit the behavior and decrease its likelihood of occurrence in the future?
a) good
b) bad
c) normal
d) both a and b
Explanation: bad consequences are negative feedback e.g. punishment
Who discovered instrumental learning (operant conditioning)?
a) Lorenz
b) Skinner
c) Pavlov
d) Kohler
Explanation: Burrhus Frederic Skinner was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974
Skinner
worked with……..in the cumulative recorder box (i.e. Skinner box) during the
discovery of instrumental learning?
a) cats
b) rats
c) dogs
d) monkeys
In which of the following learning, that uses reason, especially to form conclusions, inferences, or judgments, to solve a problem?
a) instrumental learning
b) classical conditioning
c) insight learning
d) imprinting
Explanation: insight, in learning theory, immediate and clear learning or understanding that takes place without overt trial-and-error testing.
Unlike learning by trial-and-error,…… is solving problems not based on actual experience, but on trials occurring mentally.
a) instrumental learning
b) classical conditioning
c) insight learning
d) imprinting
