Chapter 1 - Introduction to Everyday Behavior Analysis

Question 1

Behavior analysis is the modern form of the philosophy of

Answer 1

Behaviorism

Question 2

Behavior Analysis was born in the _____ and started to grow rapidly in ______?

Answer 2

1930s; 1970s

Question 3

Who founded the modern behaviorism in 1938.

Answer 3

B.F. Skinner

Question 4

A behavior followed by a reinforcer will increase in probability. People learn from experience.

Answer 4

The Law of Reinforcement

Question 5

Behavior that is voluntary and can explain complex human behavior.

Answer 5

Operant Behavior

Question 6

The theory of B.F. Skinner is based on the idea that learning is a function of the change in overt behavior. Changes in behavior are the result of an individual’s response to events (stimuli) that occur in the environment.

Answer 6

Operant Conditioning

Question 7

The science that studies environmental events that change behavior.

Answer 7

Behavior Analysis

Question 8

Behavior analysis studies such private events as thoughts and feelings as a form of…

Answer 8

Behavior

Question 9

Used to refer to events in the world outside of a person’s body as opposed to the world inside the person’s body.

Answer 9

Environmental

Question 10

Reflex behavior is…

Answer 10

Involuntary

Question 11

Seeking the cause of behavior in environmental events is called…

Answer 11

The principle of public events

Question 12

Thoughts, feelings, emotions and attitudes are all examples of what Skinner called…

Answer 12

Private Events

Question 13

The strategy of defining human problems as behavioral problems is the…

Answer 13

Behavioral Strategy

Question 14

Behavior analysis sees most behavior as…

Answer 14

Voluntary