Psychology & Mind

Beyond the Basics: An Intermediate Behavioral Psychology Challenge

A medium-difficulty test that examines your understanding of operant and classical conditioning, reinforcement schedules, behavior modification, and related experimental findings in behavioral psychology.

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A student finds the background music in a library distracting. They put on noise-canceling headphones, and the distraction ceases. This increase in headphone-wearing behavior is best described as what?
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Slot machines are designed to pay out after a random and unpredictable number of lever pulls. Which reinforcement schedule does this exemplify?
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In a classical conditioning experiment, a tone sounds for two seconds, followed by a one-second gap, and then a puff of air is delivered to the eye, causing a blink. What specific temporal arrangement is this?
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After successfully extinguishing a dog's conditioned salivation response to a bell, the dog is brought back to the lab 24 hours later. The bell is rung once, and the dog salivates. What phenomenon does this illustrate?
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A parent tells a child, 'You may have dessert after you eat your vegetables.' Using a preferred activity to reinforce a less preferred one is a direct application of which concept?
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A dolphin trainer rewards a dolphin first for swimming near a hoop, then for touching it with its snout, and finally for jumping through it. What is this training technique called?
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Which theoretical model mathematically explains why a conditioned stimulus (CS) must provide new, non-redundant information about the arrival of an unconditioned stimulus (US) for strong conditioning to occur?
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A child who loves drawing for fun begins receiving money for each picture completed. After the payments stop, the child draws much less frequently. What is this decrease in intrinsic motivation called?
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A rat learns to press a lever during a warning tone to prevent a mild foot shock from being delivered. What specific type of learning is this?
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Breland and Breland's famous 'dancing chicken' act, where a chicken conditioned to 'dance' for food began to peck vigorously at the ground instead, best illustrates which concept?
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Beyond the Basics: An Intermediate Behavioral Psychology Challenge

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A student finds the background music in a library distracting. They put on noise-canceling headphones, and the distraction ceases. This increase in headphone-wearing behavior is best described as what?

Slot machines are designed to pay out after a random and unpredictable number of lever pulls. Which reinforcement schedule does this exemplify?

In a classical conditioning experiment, a tone sounds for two seconds, followed by a one-second gap, and then a puff of air is delivered to the eye, causing a blink. What specific temporal arrangement is this?

After successfully extinguishing a dog's conditioned salivation response to a bell, the dog is brought back to the lab 24 hours later. The bell is rung once, and the dog salivates. What phenomenon does this illustrate?

A parent tells a child, 'You may have dessert after you eat your vegetables.' Using a preferred activity to reinforce a less preferred one is a direct application of which concept?

A dolphin trainer rewards a dolphin first for swimming near a hoop, then for touching it with its snout, and finally for jumping through it. What is this training technique called?

Which theoretical model mathematically explains why a conditioned stimulus (CS) must provide new, non-redundant information about the arrival of an unconditioned stimulus (US) for strong conditioning to occur?

A child who loves drawing for fun begins receiving money for each picture completed. After the payments stop, the child draws much less frequently. What is this decrease in intrinsic motivation called?

A rat learns to press a lever during a warning tone to prevent a mild foot shock from being delivered. What specific type of learning is this?

Breland and Breland's famous 'dancing chicken' act, where a chicken conditioned to 'dance' for food began to peck vigorously at the ground instead, best illustrates which concept?

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