BF Skinner Flashcards
which term best describes B. F. Skinner?
determinist
while in college, skinner aspired to become a?
writer
Thorndike’s law of effect states that responses to stimuli that are followed by a satisfier tend to be?
stamped in.
John Watson argued that the goal of psychology is?
to study behavior objectively
According to skinner, internal mental states such as thinking, foresight, and reasoning.
exist, but should not be used to explain behavior.
Skinner believed that behavioral analysis should
interpret behavior but not explain it .
skinner believed the most crucial aspect of science is
an attitude that values empirical observation.
shaping complex behavior through operant usually includes which procedure?
successive approximation
any aversive condition that when removed from a situation increases the probability that a given behavior will occur is a
negative reinforcer
skinner favored reward over punishment largely because
the effects of punishment are less predictable.
Allyson rubs her knee to reduce pain. this behavior is most likely an example of
negative reinforcement
a bricklayer is pain given amount of money for every brick laid. this procedure most closely approximates which schedule of reinforcement?
fixed-ratio
extinction of a response will occur earliest when learning occurs under which schedule of reinforcement?
continuous
which of these would be the best example of a conditioned reinforced?
praise
a slot machine pays off on which schedule?
a. continuous
b. fixed ratio
c. fixed interval
d. variable interval
e. none of the above
none of the above
according to skinner, human personality is partially shaped by
natural selection
a unified repertoire of responses is skinner’s definition of
human personality
which of these concepts would skinner see as an explanatory fiction?
a. drive
b. ego
c. self-realization
d. al of the above
all of the above
skinner saw creative behavior as resulting from
mutations
according to skinner, the act of blocking out unpleasant thoughts is an example of
negative reinforcement
which of these would be an example of social control through describing contingencies
advertising
according to skinner, unhealthy behavior
is means of coping with excessive social control
in his philosophy of science, skinner
opposed hypothetical-deductive methods
