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ABA505 Final Exam

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According to Watson, behaviors are the appropriate topic of psychology because?
behaviors can be objectively measured
The behaviorism of Watson, Hull, Tolman, and early Skinner were characterized by focus on explaining behavior in the context of the procedures used to observe them. This type of behaviorism was often refered to as?
methodological behaviorism
Skinner proposed that the same factors influencing overt behaviors were likely to explain covert behaviors such as thoughts, feelings, and the self. This type of behaviorism was refered to as?
radical behaviorism
According to Skinner, what level of selection explains the genetic inheretance and selection pressures exerted upon reproduction?
phylogenic selection
According to Skinner, what level of selection explains the changes experienced by an organism throughout their life, such as developmental influences, respondent, and operant learning?
ontogeny selection
According to Skinner, what level of selection explains the survival of practices and behaviors of individuals across groups and individuals?
socio-cultural selection
Which of the following is not a mechanism for developing self-control?
intrinsic values
Which is an example of negative social counteraction?
a passerby saying "you should be a shamed" when walking past a homeless man on the street.
According to Skinner, any behavior which, through the manipulation of variables, makes the appearance of a solution more probable can be called...?
problem solving
What type of behavior is likely to emerge if social and automatic contingencies exist that place aversive or reinforcement consequences for responding accurrately.
problem solving
According to Skinner, ideas are simply responses that are thought to be spontaneous because...
we are not trained to recognize the influence of immediate and historical consequences on our behavior
Which of the following is an example of public accompaniment for suprise?
a jack in the box pops
Which of the following is an example of collatoral behavior?
a child gasps
Which of the following is an example of response reduction?
a child is taught to silently respond.
The environmental variables which only the individual has access to are referred to as...
Private Events
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