A03 Describe & Explain Behavior From The Perspective of Radical Behaviorism Part 2

Question 1

Investigation of human behavior by radical behaviorists involves

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A comprehensive description of all human behavior (overt and covert) according to principles derived from the empirical study of behavior

Question 2

According to the philosophy of radical behaviorism, human behavior

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Is a function of antecedent and consequent events occurring in the physical environment according to an SRS model of psychology.

Question 3

True or False
Thinking about dinner is a behavior

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True (private event)

the individual doing the behavior can detect it’s occurance

-synapses fire when we think (In-tro-cep-tors (organs)

Question 4

According to radical behaviorism, thinking is

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The act of privately talking to oneself

Question 5

In order to say that private events are behavioral phenomena, radical behaviorism assumes that

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The processes understood to control unobservable behavior are the same processes that control observable behavior

Question 6

A therapist treating depression from a mentalist perspective might

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Encourage her clients to examine their thoughts to understand why they feel depressed

Question 7

In the term ‘radical behaviorism’, the word ‘radical’ means:

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Relating to the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching and thorough

Question 8

Radical behaviorism asserts that private events are

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Behavioral events that are unobservable by others but that are controlled by the same behavioral processes that control public events

Question 9

Tom is a teenager who reports feeling anxious when exposed to groups of people and social settings. He prefers to keep to himself, as this prevents him from feeling anxious. Tom’s therapist suggests that exposing Tom to social settings and working on relevant social skills might reduce his anxiety. The philosophical orientation that allows such a prediction is primarily associated with

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Radical behaviorism

Question 10

Understanding ALL Human behavior private events and observable by more than one person

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Radical behaviorism

Question 11

According to methodological behaviorism, talking is

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An overt response to stimuli mediated through mediating variables

Question 12

A comprehensive analysis of all human behavior according to known behavioral principles, including those events which are not publicly observable, is possible according to which philosophical position?

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Radical behaviorism

Question 13

Tom is a teenager with a mild intellectual disability and limited language who is sometimes violent towards young children. His therapist believes this results from agitation triggered by the noises young children often make. The philosophical orientation that allows such an interpretation is most related to

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Methodological behaviorism

Question 14

Later versions of methodological behaviorism expressed the view that human behavior

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Occurs in response to stimuli in the physical environment as mediated through presumed internal processes according to an SOR model of psychology

Question 15

Early ___ adopted an SR model of psychology that described behavior as occurring in response to antecedent environmental stimuli.

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Behaviorists

Question 16

Tom is a teenager with a mild intellectual disability and limited language who is sometimes violent towards young children. His therapist believes this is related to a low self-esteem and a lack of regard for others. The philosophical orientation that allows such an interpretation is primarily associated with

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Mentalism

Question 17

In a departure from earlier proponents of methodological behaviorism, investigation of human behavior by methodological behaviorists today more often involves

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An analysis of publicly observable events in order to make inferences about presumes mediateing variables that affect behavior

Question 18

Tom is a teenager with a mild intellectual disability and limited language who is sometimes violent towards young children. His therapist believes this results from the fact that aggressive behavior is more effective than talking in eliciting attention from caregivers because people often ignore him when they can’t understand what he is saying. The philosophical orientation that allows such an interpretation is primarily associated with

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Radical behaviorism

Question 19

The idea that behavior occurs as a function of antecedent and consequent events occurring in the physical environment according to an SRS model of psychology is a feature of

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Radical behaviorism

Question 20

According to the philosophy of radical behaviorism

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Private events are no different than public events other than the fact that they are unobservable by others

Question 21

According to the traditional view of psychology and the _____ perspective, the proper subject matter for psychology is the nature and function of presumed mental processes and conscious state of mind.

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Mentalistic

Question 22

Behaviorism broke with traditional psychology with its assertion that

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The determinants of behavior were to be found in the environment rather than in the mind.