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9: 10: 11: (9) Whenever baby Bubba cries, his mother picks him up. This stops Bu

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Question

9: 10: 11: (9) Whenever baby Bubba cries, his mother picks him up. This stops Bubba from crying. In turn, this makes Bubba's mother pick him up more often. In this example, his mother picking him up serves as a- crying is a a. negative; negative c. positive; negative e. none of the above reinforcer for Bubba. Bubba stopping reinforcer for the mother b. negative; positive d. positive; positive 10. Professor Jones wants her students to complete their reading assignments before he lectures on the material in class. She periodically gives them pop quizzes on the reading assignments. In order to create the conditions that will lead to a rapid increase in the students' reading, the schedule of reinforcement she should use for the pop quizzes is a schedule a. fixed interval c. variable interval e. none of the above b. secondary reinforcer d. variable ratio 11. TRUE or FALSE: According to Jean Piaget, intelligence is best thought of as adaptation. a. True b. False 12. What should be changed to make the following sentence true? "In operant conditioning, organisms learn to associate stimuli that repeatedly happen together." a. The word "conditioning" should be changed to the word "reinforcement." b. The word "operant should be changed to the word "classical." c. The word "repeatedly" should be changed to the word "never." d. The word "repeatedly" should be changed to the word "rarely. e. Nothing needs to be changed. The sentence is correct. 13. In the following, which are symbolic of operations? 3+2x4=11 b. X d. A and B e. all of the above

Explanation / Answer

9. The correct answer is Option B. This act is a positive reinforced for both, Bubba and the mother.

10. The correct answer is Option C. The pop up quizzes should use a variable interval schedule.

11. True. Piaget conceptualised intelligence as a form of adaptation.

12. The correct answer is Option B. The word ‘operant’ should be replaced by ‘classical’z