Week 4 Assessment — Learning & Behavior

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Form A

Week 4 Knowledge Check

1. In classical conditioning, a conditioned stimulus is: a consequence that increases behavior a formerly neutral cue that acquired predictive meaning a direct reward

2. Negative reinforcement means: adding something and decreasing behavior removing something and decreasing behavior removing something and increasing behavior

3. Shaping builds behavior by: reinforcing successive approximations waiting for full performance using punishment only

4. Which statement is most accurate? seeing a behavior guarantees imitation observational learning can occur before the behavior is performed models never affect expectations

5. A seat-belt warning stops after fastening and fastening becomes more frequent. This is: positive punishment negative punishment negative reinforcement

6. A child sees a model receive praise for cleaning up and later cleans up more often. A plausible process is: observational learning with vicarious consequence sensory adaptation perceptual constancy

7. A reward is called a reinforcer only if: the learner says it is pleasant the target behavior increases it is given every time

8. Why use a baseline before a habit intervention? to prove causation in advance to eliminate all variability to establish what behavior looked like before the change

9. Practice accuracy is 92% with feedback every trial and 84% with selected feedback; one-week retention is 68% versus 79%. Which statement is strongest? higher practice accuracy guarantees better learning immediate performance and delayed retention favored different schedules in this dataset selected feedback always works best

10. The course offers a game after successful completion. When is it scientifically accurate to call the game a positive reinforcer? whenever the student likes games whenever the course calls it a reward only if adding the game increases future target completion behavior

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Form B · Parallel Retake

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1. Extinction is best described as: weakening of conditioned responding when the CS no longer predicts the US permanent deletion of learning reinforcement

2. Positive punishment means: removing something and increasing behavior adding something and decreasing behavior adding something and increasing behavior

3. A variable-ratio schedule provides reinforcement: after the same time interval for every response forever after a changing number of responses around an average

4. Which factor is necessary to perform a modeled skill? enough ability/production capacity for the task direct punishment forgetting the model

5. A student avoids a presentation and immediately feels relief; avoidance becomes more frequent. Relief may function as: positive punishment negative reinforcement classical extinction

6. A learner can explain a demonstrated method but has not used it yet. Best interpretation? no learning is possible performance proves punishment evidence of learning may exist before overt performance

7. Why is one uncontrolled before/after habit graph limited? other changes over time could explain the pattern repeated measurement has no value behavior cannot be counted

8. To distinguish classical from operant explanations, ask: which label sounds better whether the key relationship is cue→event prediction or behavior→consequence whether a person is good or bad

9. A model + positive consequence condition shows the most later strategy use. What is justified? everyone will imitate rewarded models direct reinforcement caused every response later strategy use was highest in that condition in the study

10. Which behavior-change plan is most defensible? transparent, measurable, proportionate, fair, voluntary where possible, and sensitive to barriers humiliating students until behavior changes treating every barrier as lack of motivation

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