What Is a Secondary Reinforcer

question 96

Multiple Choice

What is a secondary reinforcer?

• A) an event that increases the probability of classically conditioned responses, but not operant responses
• B) an event that is reinforcing at some times and not at other times
• C) an event that has become reinforcing as a result of previous experience
• D) an event that strengthens a response only after the response has already been learned

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral stimulus that becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus, leading to a conditioned response in classical conditioning.

Classical Conditioning

An instructional process where two stimuli are frequently paired together; the response, initially triggered by the second stimulus, is subsequently drawn by the first stimulus alone.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that was originally neutral but, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, leads to eliciting a conditioned response.