BF Skinner

Question 1

which term best describes B. F. Skinner?

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determinist

Question 2

while in college, skinner aspired to become a?

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writer

Question 3

Thorndike’s law of effect states that responses to stimuli that are followed by a satisfier tend to be?

Answer 3

stamped in.

Question 4

John Watson argued that the goal of psychology is?

Answer 4

to study behavior objectively

Question 5

According to skinner, internal mental states such as thinking, foresight, and reasoning.

Answer 5

exist, but should not be used to explain behavior.

Question 6

Skinner believed that behavioral analysis should

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interpret behavior but not explain it .

Question 7

skinner believed the most crucial aspect of science is

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an attitude that values empirical observation.

Question 8

shaping complex behavior through operant usually includes which procedure?

Answer 8

successive approximation

Question 9

any aversive condition that when removed from a situation increases the probability that a given behavior will occur is a

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negative reinforcer

Question 10

skinner favored reward over punishment largely because

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the effects of punishment are less predictable.

Question 11

Allyson rubs her knee to reduce pain. this behavior is most likely an example of

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negative reinforcement

Question 12

a bricklayer is pain given amount of money for every brick laid. this procedure most closely approximates which schedule of reinforcement?

Answer 12

fixed-ratio

Question 13

extinction of a response will occur earliest when learning occurs under which schedule of reinforcement?

Answer 13

continuous

Question 14

which of these would be the best example of a conditioned reinforced?

Answer 14

praise

Question 15

a slot machine pays off on which schedule?

a. continuous
b. fixed ratio
c. fixed interval
d. variable interval
e. none of the above

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none of the above

Question 16

according to skinner, human personality is partially shaped by

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natural selection

Question 17

a unified repertoire of responses is skinner’s definition of

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human personality

Question 18

which of these concepts would skinner see as an explanatory fiction?
a. drive
b. ego
c. self-realization
d. al of the above

Answer 18

all of the above

Question 19

skinner saw creative behavior as resulting from

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mutations

Question 20

according to skinner, the act of blocking out unpleasant thoughts is an example of

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negative reinforcement

Question 21

which of these would be an example of social control through describing contingencies

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advertising

Question 22

according to skinner, unhealthy behavior

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is means of coping with excessive social control

Question 23

in his philosophy of science, skinner

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opposed hypothetical-deductive methods