Question

operant response rates remain highest when individuals anticipate that their behavior will actually lead to further reinforcement. this best illustrates the importance of _____ in operant conditioning
secondary reinforcers
cognitive processes
biological predispositions
intrinsic motivation
question 14 (4 points)
the desire to perform a behavior due to promised rewards or threats of punishment involves
latent learning
extrinsic motivation
partial reinforcement
delayed reinforcers

Explanation:

• For the first question: Operant conditioning involves how behavior is influenced by consequences. When individuals "anticipate" (a mental process) that their behavior leads to reinforcement, it's about cognitive processes (mental activities like thinking, anticipating). Secondary reinforcers are stimuli that become reinforcing through association (e.g., money). Biological predispositions relate to inborn tendencies. Intrinsic motivation is doing something for internal satisfaction (not anticipation of external reinforcement here).
• For the second question: Extrinsic motivation is motivation that comes from external factors like promised rewards or threats of punishment. Latent learning is learning that occurs without immediate expression. Partial reinforcement is reinforcing behavior only some of the time. Delayed reinforcers are reinforcers that come after a delay (not about the source of motivation - external vs internal).

Answer:

First question: Cognitive processes.
Second question: Extrinsic motivation.