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Multiple choice question

Reinforced means to make something stronger.

Reinforced can be used as a verb or adjective. In this exercise it is used as a verb.

For example:

We reinforced the walls to make them stronger so they will not fall down if there are earthquakes.

supported

weakened

something was added to make it last longer

made stronger

Which answers are closest in meaning to reinforced? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

weakened

made stronger

supported

something was added to make it last longer
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Multiple choice question

You can also reinforce or make stronger something that is abstract, like behavior.

For example:

Psychologists have shown that it is possible to reinforce positive or negative behavior. This means that our actions can encourage wanted or unwanted behavior.

Laughing at the boy’s jokes in class only reinforces his bad behavior.

In order to teach their dog how to catch a ball, they reinforced this behavior by giving the dog a snack each time he caught the ball.

have no effect on the child's behavior.

encourage the child to behave well more often.

cause the child to continue behaving well.

help the child continue his good behavior.

Which answers are closest in meaning to reinforced? Choose the 3 correct answers to complete the sentence: A mother's praise is one of the most effective ways to reinforce a child's good behavior. This means that the mother's praise can...

Response:

have no effect on the child's behavior.
Feedback:

To reinforce a behavior is to make it stronger, or to do something to cause that behavior to continue. If the mother's praise has no effect on the child, then it does not reinforce the behavior.

help the child continue his good behavior.

cause the child to continue behaving well.

encourage the child to behave well more often.
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Multiple choice question

Ivan Pavlov was a famous Russian scientist who discovered that you can 'condition', or cause a certain behavior in animals by reinforcing the behavior that you want. Pavlov was able to cause a dog to salivate (drool from his mouth) every time the dog heard a bell ringing. Pavlov did this by ringing a bell every time he brought food to the dog, until the dog learned to associate the bell with food. After a while, the dog would salivate every time he heard the bell, even if Pavlov did not bring him food.

Read this paragraph and answer the question below.

John waits to see if the dog will bark next time his mother-in-law visits.

every time the dog barks while John shows him the photo and the shirt, John gives the dog more snacks to eat.

Positive Reinforcement for Pets

 

If you want your dog to do something, you can reward him every time he does what you want him to do. Rewarding your dog shows him that this is a good thing to do. Giving your dog a reward every time he does what you want him to do is called positive reinforcement, since it reinforces or strengthens the behavior that you want your dog to learn.

John is a student and he is studying psychology. John loves his wife but he does not like his mother-in-law. How can John make his dog bark at his wife’s mother when she visits? John shows his dog a photo of his mother-in-law, and gives the dog her shirt to smell. John waits for the dog to bark. As soon as the dog barks, John gives him a snack that the dog loves to eat. Then... Choose ONE correct answer.

Response:

every time the dog barks while John shows him the photo and the shirt, John gives the dog more snacks to eat.

John waits to see if the dog will bark next time his mother-in-law visits.