Exam 9: Behaviorist Views of Learning

Mr.Richards gives his class fifteen minutes of free time whenever at least 95% of the class gets a passing grade on a test.Mr.Richards is using:

Which one of the following statements best illustrates the process of cueing acceptable behaviors?

Which one of the following is the best example of a social reinforcer?

John and Bill have both learned that when they whine and complain, their teacher will hurry over to see what's wrong.John's teacher gives him attention every time he complains.However, Bill's teacher gives him attention only on some of the occasions he complains.Both teachers eventually realize that they are reinforcing inappropriate behavior, and so they both stop attending to the boys when they whine and complain.From a behaviorist perspective, we can predict that:

Jerome is a student in your classroom for whom the only effective reinforcer is something to eat, such as candy.You would like Jerome to find your praise reinforcing as well.From a behaviorist perspective, your best strategy would be which one of the following?

Three of the following teacher behaviors illustrate cueing as a way of dealing with inappropriate behavior.Which one does not illustrate cueing?

Which one of the following statements most accurately describes intermittent reinforcement?

If you wanted to give students feedback that could help them improve their behavior, which one of the following would you be least likely to do?

Three of the following statements are consistent with the textbook's recommendations regarding the effective use of reinforcement.Which statement is not consistent with the textbook's recommendations?

One characteristic common to all behaviorist learning theories is an emphasis on:

Ms.Aguilar's third-grade students enjoy art and spend much of their free time drawing and painting.If she tells them, "You can paint as soon as you finish your arithmetic problems," she is providing:

When behaviorists describe the learner as a "black box," they mean that: