PSY 538 Quiz 9 Selection

Question 1

What was the first consequence (and, hence, the first kind of selection)

Answer 1

Reproduction

Question 2

what were the two processes through which individual organisms acquired behavior appropriate to novel environments?

Answer 2

respondent and operant conditioning

Question 3

What is the second kind of selection by consequences

Answer 3

Operant conditioning

Question 4

What is the third kind of selection by consequence

Answer 4

The evolution of social environments or cultures.

Question 5

What are the three disciplines associated with each of the three types of selection by consequences?

Answer 5

1. Biology
2. Psychology
3. Anthropology

Question 6

Be able to list the four examples of explanatory schemes Skinner argues must be discarded in favor of one involving selection by consequences.

Answer 6

a. A prior act of creation
b. Purpose of intention
c. Certain essences
d. Certain definitions of good and value

Question 7

What other causal forces serving in lieu of selection have been sought and where, and how is growth another example (of what)?

Answer 7

1. Organization

2. Growth

Question 8

Why has selection by consequences been resisted

Answer 8

a. Because there is no role for the initiating agent suggested by classical mechanics

Question 9

What have we failed to do?

Answer 9

We have failed to establish cultural practices under which much of the behavior is selected and maintained.

Question 10

What is growth an example of

Answer 10

Developmentalism