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Match the description that best matches the term. (3 points)

1. Instrumental conditioning
2. Shaping
3. Law of Effect
4. Positive reinforcement
5. Edward L. Thorndike
6. B.F. Skinner
7. Negative punishment
8. Operant Conditioning
9. Positive punishment
10. Negative reinforcement

Answers

a. The addition of a bad consequence when a response is performed
b. Removing something unpleasant to increase the probability that preceding behavior will be repeated
c. Presenting the subject something pleasant to increase the probability that the preceding behavior will be repeated
d. Theorist who worked with cats in puzzle boxes
e. The idea that behaviors can either be encouraged or discouraged based upon the state of affairs that follows the behavior.
f. The removal of a good consequence when a response is preformed
g. The gradual process of reinforcing behaviors that get closer to some final desired behavior
h. A label used by Edward L. Thorndike to indicate learning that occurs through action, not observation
i. Form of learning in which behavior followed by reinforcement increases in frequency
j. Theroist who worked with pigeons and rats in cages

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Here are the matched terms with their best corresponding descriptions:

  1. Instrumental conditioning - h. A label used by Edward L. Thorndike to indicate learning that occurs through action, not observation
  2. Shaping - g. The gradual process of reinforcing behaviors that get closer to some final desired behavior
  3. Law of Effect - e. The idea that behaviors can either be encouraged or discouraged based upon the state of affairs that follows the behavior.
  4. Positive reinforcement - c. Presenting the subject something pleasant to increase the probability that the preceding behavior will be repeated
  5. Edward L. Thorndike - d. Theorist who worked with cats in puzzle boxes
  6. B.F. Skinner - j. Theorist who worked with pigeons and rats in cages
  7. Negative punishment - f. The removal of a good consequence when a response is performed
  8. Operant Conditioning - i. Form of learning in which behavior followed by reinforcement increases in frequency
  9. Positive punishment - a. The addition of a bad consequence when a response is performed
  10. Negative reinforcement - b. Removing something unpleasant to increase the probability that preceding behavior will be repeated