1. Practice with Operant and Classical Conditioning

2. Classical Conditioning ClipuI

3. To discourage coyotes from attacking their sheep, ranchers feed coyotes small pieces of mutton tainted with poison. The poison, if ingested, cause the coyotes to experience extreme dizziness and nausea. Later, when the coyotes are placed in the same pen with the sheep, the mere smell of sheep causes the coyotes to run frantically away from their former prey.
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4. A passenger on an airplane was feeling very anxious about an important job interview the next morning, and as a result he was uneasy and nervous throughout the flight. Back home weeks later, he is contemplating taking a vacation to New Orleans. Though he hadn’t been afraid to fly previously, he finds himself suddenly nervous about flying and changes his plans.
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5. Why is that automobile advertisements – especially those for sports cars – often feature beautiful young women? Because smart advertisers know (and research confirms) that when an add for a new car includes an attractive female, the car is rated by men as being faster, more appealing, and better designed.
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6. In Class Shaping Demonstration

7. Review 4 Types of Reinforcement/Punishment
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4 Intermittent Schedules of Reinforcement

8. Elton’s mother has been nagging and nagging that he should stop fooling around with his guitar and start studying. Finally, in order to stop her nagging, Elton complies and hits the books. This example illustrates
a. positive punishment
b. negative punishment
c. positive reinforcement
d. negative reinforcement

9. What do positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement have in common with each other?
a.They both depend on the presentation of a desirable stimulus.
b.They both depend on the presentation of an undesirable stimulus.
c.They both weaken a behavior.
d.They both strengthen a behavior.

10. Which of the following is an example of negative reinforcement?
a.A rat learns to press a lever to escape from an electric shock.
b.A rat learns to press a lever to obtain food.
c.After a rat learns to press a lever to obtain food, it stops pressing when it is no longer hungry.
d.After a rat learns to press a lever to obtain food, it stops pressing if it is punished for pressing the lever.

11. If your employer gave you bonus pay for working overtime you would probably work overtime more. This is an example of
a.Positive Punishment
b.Negative Punishment
c.Positive Reinforcement.
d.) Negative Reinforcement

12. An individual receives a reinforcer after a certain number of responses. Sometimes 5 responses are necessary, sometimes 2, and sometimes 10. This is an example of which type of schedule of reinforcement?
a.fixed ratio
b.variable ratio
c.fixed interval
d.variable interval

13. An individual receives a reinforcer for the first response after a 1-minute interval, but not again until the next 1-minute interval has passed. This is an example of which type of schedule of reinforcement?
a.fixed ratio
b.variable ratio
c.fixed interval
d.variable interval