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1
In this activity, you used ____________ to teach Jingles to ring the bell. This method used a series of successive steps to get closer and closer to the target behavior.
A)punishment
B)shaping
C)biofeedback
D)hypnosis
2
Why do psychologists use shaping?
A)To teach people and animals complex behaviors. These types of behaviors require a stepwise learning, that gradually leads the organism toward a complicated chain of behaviors.
B)Because it is an effective tool to fight serious mental illness.
C)Because punishment works. Punishing people and animals for mistakes is the quickest and most effective way to teach new behaviors.
D)None of the above.
3
Tito is an avid baseball card collector. Tito’s mother Rosa rewards Tito with a baseball card every time he cleans his room well. Rosa is using baseball cards as a…
A)Primary reinforcer.
B)Punishment.
C)Operant conditioner.
D)Positive reinforcer.
4
Jasmine loves to eat. Her roommate, Sophia, takes advantage of this and waits until Jasmine gets hungry, then offers her brownies if she helps Sophia with her Spanish homework. The brownies in this scenario are an example of…
A)primary reinforcer.
B)punishment.
C)operant conditioner.
D)positive reinforcer.
5
Juliana wants to use shaping to teach her dog Polo to roll over. She has broken the trick into successive steps. Now she is ready to begin. She orders Polo to lie down (her first step). When he does not follow her command she gets very angry and yells at him. Finally Polo lies down but then refuses to get up. What should Juliana do next?
A)Julianna needs to use a harsher punishment.
B)Julianna should use a positive reinforcer (such as a dog biscuit) instead of punishment.
C)Julianna should have her dog watch another dog roll over. A dog training video would work well.
D)Juliana should roll over to show her dog what he needs to do.





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