Under What Circumstances Will a Reinforcer Make the Target Response

question 74

Multiple Choice

Under what circumstances will a reinforcer make the target response more likely to occur again?

• A)If it is a primary reinforcer
• B)If it is a positive reinforcer
• C)If it is a negative reinforcer
• D)Regardless of whether it is a positive or negative reinforcer,a reinforcer makes a response more likely to occur.

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Definitions:

Specific Phobia

An intense, irrational fear of or aversion to a particular object or situation that provokes immediate anxiety and avoidance behavior.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired together; a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that was once neutral but, through association with an unconditioned stimulus, triggers a conditioned response.

Observational Learning

Learning that occurs through observing the behaviors of others and the outcomes of those behaviors.