Exam 8: How Learning Shapes Behavior

Edward Thorndike's research confined cats to puzzle boxes. When the cats pressed a lever or pulled a string, a door would open and the cats would escape and be rewarded with food-a combination of __________ and __________.

What are four ways behavior can be modified using the principles of operant conditioning?

How children slowly learn to become mature members of society and learn their culture's rules is referred to as __________.

How does having an internal locus of control affect academic performance?

Owen is neurotic, distrustful, and a little bit paranoid. Wary would be an excellent word to describe his personality. According to the principles of reciprocal determinism, how will the environments Owen gravitates toward influence the behaviors he exhibits?

Which psychological perspective explains behavior with no reference to the inner workings of the mind?

Naomi continued to text with her friends at the dinner table even after being told numerous times not to do so. Her parents then took her phone away for a week. This is an example of __________.

Which statement is correct regarding behavior modification?

In Pavlov's experiment, the dog food is an example of a(n) __________.

Which theorist was the primary proponent of the social learning approach?

In the Little Albert experiment, the conditioned response (CR) was __________.

__________ proposed that regardless of genetics, he could use the environment to shape children into any type of person he chose.

Which partial reinforcement schedule involves giving out a reward after a certain number of behaviors have occurred?

Which of the following statements is true?

The degree to which a particular reward is enticing to a particular person is referred to as its __________.

Students who go far away from home for college may have different personalities from those who stay closer to home, and the experience of being far away from home may shape their personalities. This is an example of __________.

Shannon is terrified of spiders. To overcome her fear, she enters a room that contains spiders and touches one. This therapy is known as __________.

__________ implied that behavior modification could be used to create a utopian society in which no one is aggressive or violent.

Nagging someone to do something until they do it is an example of __________.

In order to help employees stop smoking, what might an employer do to effectively use behavior modification to reward positive behavior with its employees?