Animal behaviour

Question 1

A dog looks sad when scolded by their owner. As a result, the owner stops scolding them. Looking sad is more likely to occur again in the future and is:

a demonstration of guilt

negatively punished

negatively reinforced

Answer 1

negatively reinforced

Question 2

An anthropomorphism is an explanation of animal behaviour in terms of human motives.

True

False

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Skinner (1957) described verbal operants that were functionally independent. This means that:

if you learned to use a word in one way, you could use it another way

learning to use a word in one way doesn’t mean you can necessarily use it another way

grammar was the most important element of language

Answer 3

learning to use a word in one way doesn’t mean you can necessarily use it another way

Question 4

Behavioural accounts of language focus on grammar and syntax.

True

False

Answer 4

False