AP PSYCHOLOGY

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LEARNING

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Jimmy has a new dog called Deefer. Each week, Jimmy and his dog visit Jimmy’s grandmother who loves dogs. When they arrive, Jimmy’s grandmother tells Deefer to lie down and roll over, then she gives him a doggy treat. This has happened for a number of weeks and on each visit the same thing happens. After some time, Jimmy is surprised when on one visit they open the front door of his grandmother’s house and Deefer immediately lies down and rolls over without being told! Deefee’s action when visiting the aunt is an example of
A
response generalisation.
B
stimulus generalisation.
C
response discrimination.
D
stimulus discrimination.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Have your kids ever cleaned their room, just to avoid your nagging? This is a perfect example of negative reinforcement. Negative reinforcement occurs when something unpleasant or uncomfortable is removed or taken away in order to increase the likelihood of the desired behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -Perhaps the most famous example of conditioned reinforcement is Ivan Pavlov’s experiments with dogs. Pavlov paired food, a primary reinforcer that causes dogs to salivate, with a bell. Whenever Pavlov would present the dogs with food, he would sound the bell.

Detailed explanation-3: -Water, food, sleep, shelter, sex, and touch, among others, are primary reinforcers. Pleasure is also a primary reinforcer.

Detailed explanation-4: -Both classical and operant conditioning are forms of associative learning where associations are made between events that occur together.

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