PSY 538 Quiz 1

Question 1

the two difficulties that arose with structuralism and functionalism.

Answer 1

The lack of reliability and the lack of agreement

Question 2

What is Watson’s view on behaviorism called

Answer 2

Classical behaviorism

Question 3

dimension means that the factors are not described in the same terms and are not confirmed with the same methods of analysis as the behavioral facts they are said to address

Answer 3

nonbehavioral dimension

Question 4

The second phase of classical behaviorism?

Answer 4

neobehaviorism

Question 5

achieved by relating the term or concept to something publicly observable, namely, the experimental operation that served as the measure of the term

Answer 5

operational definition

Question 6

According to this interpretation, terms were exhaustively defined, without remainder, by their relation to observable measures

Answer 6

Intervening variables

Question 7

According to this interpretation, terms were only partially defined by their relation to observable measures

Answer 7

Hypothetical constructs

Question 8

If a term was held to be only partially defined by observations or calculations, then the way was open for a broader interpretation of theoretical concepts in psychology.

Answer 8

Critical difference between intervening variables and hypothetical constructs

Question 9

Skinner’s approach to science

Answer 9

Behavior analysis

Question 10

What is the name of Skinner’s philosophy of his science

Answer 10

radical behaviorism

Question 11

What does radical refer to

Answer 11

thoroughgoing and comprehensive

Question 12

What skinner means by radical behaviorism

Answer 12

the philosophy of a science of behavior treated as a subject matter in its own right apart from internal explanations, mental or physiological

Question 13

the sum of private events

Answer 13

1. not in another dimension
2. are not a necessary antecedent or mediator for a publicly observable behavioral event;
3. are neither initiating nor originating causes of behavior, although they can potentially contribute to discriminative control over subsequent behavior;
4. are themselves caused by, and may enter into the behavioral stream as a result of, events that transpire during the lifetime of the organism; and
5. should be analyzed in the same way as publicly observable behavior, rather than according to a different mode of inquiry

Question 14

implies a thoroughgoing and comprehensive behaviorism, rather than an extreme position that is fanatically restricted to only publicly observable behavior

Answer 14

What “radical” means and not means in radical behaviorism

Question 15

(1) phylogeny—the level of the species, dealt with by a behavior-analytically informed behavioral genetics; (2) ontogeny—the level of the individual organism during its lifetime, dealt with by behavior analysis; and (3) cultural—the level of the culture, dealt with by a behavior-analytically informed cultural or social anthropology

Answer 15

Three levels of selection by environmental causes.