Catch the wrong line on conditioning

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. False statement

   Negative reinforcement and punishment are two names for one thing.

   Statements

   1. Negative reinforcement raises the chance of an escape response.
   2. Negative reinforcement and punishment are two names for one thing.
   3. Punishment is a procedure that reduces or suppresses a response.

2. False statement

   Once a response is extinguished it can never come back.

   Statements

   1. Extinction is the disappearance of a learned response.
   2. A rest gap after extinction can bring the response back.
   3. Once a response is extinguished it can never come back.

3. False statement

   Discrimination is also a response due to similarity between stimuli.

   Statements

   1. Discrimination is also a response due to similarity between stimuli.
   2. Generalisation is a response due to similarity between stimuli.
   3. How much recovers depends on the time lapsed since extinction.

Instructions

Each set of three lines about conditioning carries one that is not correct. Tap that line.

Explanation