Question 1

The experimental analysis of behavior is:

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A)  Concerned with controlling and changing factors that affect behavior 
B)  A natural-science approach to understanding behavior regulation 
C)  Concerned with the principle of reinforcement 
D)  All of these 
A)  Concerned with controlling and changing factors that affect behavior 
B)  A natural-science approach to understanding behavior regulation 
C)  Concerned with the principle of reinforcement 
D)  All of these D

Question 2

Behavior analysts recognize the importance of ____________________, but tend to focus more on __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Biology; environment 
B)  Environment; evolution 
C)  Biology; evolution 
D)  Environment; biology 
A)  Biology; environment 
B)  Environment; evolution 
C)  Biology; evolution 
D)  Environment; biology A

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the findings by neuroscientists who added light-sensitive proteins to the genes of fruit flies (Drosophila)?

Accepted Answer

A)  When light stimulation is added, the same behavioral patterns were activated every time the same stimulus and timing were presented, showing that brain pathways are stable 
B)  When light stimulation is added, the topography of response varied slightly across a small range of different behaviors, depending on differences in the timing of when the light was illuminated 
C)  When light stimulation was presented, the response topography varied probabilistically even when the identical brain pathway is triggered 
D)  When light stimulation was presented, the flies did not react to them in any way 
A)  When light stimulation is added, the same behavioral patterns were activated every time the same stimulus and timing were presented, showing that brain pathways are stable 
B)  When light stimulation is added, the topography of response varied slightly across a small range of different behaviors, depending on differences in the timing of when the light was illuminated 
C)  When light stimulation was presented, the response topography varied probabilistically even when the identical brain pathway is triggered 
D)  When light stimulation was presented, the flies did not react to them in any way C

Question 4

Which of the following statements best describes the goals of behavior analysis?

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A)  To explain the forces that shape human behavior and then to use these explanations to develop behavior management techniques for humans 
B)  To explain how human thought, feeling, and intention both influence behavior and are influenced by behavior and then to use this understanding to develop technologies to influence how people think and feel. 
C)  Work with already established principles and rules of behavior, apply them across species, and develop behavior management techniques 
D)  Describe the principles and rules of behavior, apply them across species, and develop technologies for behavior change 
A)  To explain the forces that shape human behavior and then to use these explanations to develop behavior management techniques for humans 
B)  To explain how human thought, feeling, and intention both influence behavior and are influenced by behavior and then to use this understanding to develop technologies to influence how people think and feel. 
C)  Work with already established principles and rules of behavior, apply them across species, and develop behavior management techniques 
D)  Describe the principles and rules of behavior, apply them across species, and develop technologies for behavior change

Question 5

Which of the following statements is not a key assumption of behavior analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Behavior is a product of the organism's biological and evolutionary history 
B)  Principles of behavior discovered by experimental analyses of behavior are general and apply to all forms of animal life 
C)  Behavior is a product of the organism's past and current interactions with its environment 
D)  Feelings, thoughts, and intentions are possible causes of behavior 
A)  Behavior is a product of the organism's biological and evolutionary history 
B)  Principles of behavior discovered by experimental analyses of behavior are general and apply to all forms of animal life 
C)  Behavior is a product of the organism's past and current interactions with its environment 
D)  Feelings, thoughts, and intentions are possible causes of behavior

Question 6

Learning refers to:

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A)  The acquisition of behavior 
B)  The maintenance of behavior 
C)  The change in behavior as a result of events 
D)  All of the above 
A)  The acquisition of behavior 
B)  The maintenance of behavior 
C)  The change in behavior as a result of events 
D)  All of the above

Question 7

If you were to ask B. F. Skinner to classify behavior analysis as a subfield of another scientific discipline, which of the following would he most likely choose?

Accepted Answer

A)  Psychology 
B)  Biology 
C)  Sociology 
D)  Anthropology 
A)  Psychology 
B)  Biology 
C)  Sociology 
D)  Anthropology

Question 8

Which of the following is not a difference between Skinner and Watson?

Accepted Answer

A)  The rejection of internal events as causes of behavior 
B)  A rejection of genetics as an influence on behavior 
C)  The inclusion of operant conditioning in understanding behavior 
D)  An emphasis on habits in understanding the action of organisms 
A)  The rejection of internal events as causes of behavior 
B)  A rejection of genetics as an influence on behavior 
C)  The inclusion of operant conditioning in understanding behavior 
D)  An emphasis on habits in understanding the action of organisms

Question 9

Which of the following statements are true of Pavlov and his contributions?

Accepted Answer

A)  He won the Nobel Prize 
B)  He investigated the salivary reflex 
C)  All of these 
D)  He discovered the conditioned or conditional reflex 
A)  He won the Nobel Prize 
B)  He investigated the salivary reflex 
C)  All of these 
D)  He discovered the conditioned or conditional reflex

Question 10

Respondent conditioning has occurred when a non-functional stimulus is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Paired with a conditioned stimulus 
B)  Paired with an unconditioned stimulus 
C)  Paired with a reflex behavior 
D)  Paired with a desired behavior 
A)  Paired with a conditioned stimulus 
B)  Paired with an unconditioned stimulus 
C)  Paired with a reflex behavior 
D)  Paired with a desired behavior

Question 11

DNA methylation provides an epigenetic marker for ______________________ and histone acetylation provides a marker for ______________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Gene activation; gene activation 
B)  Gene activation; gene silencing 
C)  Gene silencing; gene activation 
D)  Gene silencing; gene silencing 
A)  Gene activation; gene activation 
B)  Gene activation; gene silencing 
C)  Gene silencing; gene activation 
D)  Gene silencing; gene silencing

Question 12

Which of the following is not an example of respondent conditioning:

Accepted Answer

A)  A baby smiling at its parent after having been picked up for smiling in the past 
B)  Feeling anxious any time you hear the music from a scary movie 
C)  Flinching slightly when the nurse tells you that they are about to give you a shot 
D)  Feeling excited whenever you smell your significant other's cologne/perfume 
A)  A baby smiling at its parent after having been picked up for smiling in the past 
B)  Feeling anxious any time you hear the music from a scary movie 
C)  Flinching slightly when the nurse tells you that they are about to give you a shot 
D)  Feeling excited whenever you smell your significant other's cologne/perfume

Question 13

Skinner argued that internal events such as feelings, thoughts, and intentions:

Accepted Answer

A)  Are unimportant 
B)  Should be ignored 
C)  Are behaviors that need to be explained 
D)  Are often causes of our behavior 
A)  Are unimportant 
B)  Should be ignored 
C)  Are behaviors that need to be explained 
D)  Are often causes of our behavior

Question 14

Which of the following best describes the behavior analyst position on learning and inheritance?

Accepted Answer

A)  Genes determine physiological structure, while learning determines behavioral structure 
B)  The capacity for learning is inherited 
C)  Learning is limited to the behaviors that we inherit 
D)  Our behavior is an even balance between genetic influence and environmental experience 
A)  Genes determine physiological structure, while learning determines behavioral structure 
B)  The capacity for learning is inherited 
C)  Learning is limited to the behaviors that we inherit 
D)  Our behavior is an even balance between genetic influence and environmental experience

Question 15

How are thinking and feeling treated from a behavioral perspective?

Accepted Answer

A)  More behavior to be explained 
B)  The cause of overt behavior 
C)  The relationship between the mental and the physical 
D)  The mind and its regulation of behavior 
A)  More behavior to be explained 
B)  The cause of overt behavior 
C)  The relationship between the mental and the physical 
D)  The mind and its regulation of behavior

Question 16

Applied behavior analysis is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Discovering behavior management techniques 
B)  Defining behavior in an organism 
C)  Manipulating conditions to produce changes in behavior 
D)  The use of behavior principles to solve practical problems 
A)  Discovering behavior management techniques 
B)  Defining behavior in an organism 
C)  Manipulating conditions to produce changes in behavior 
D)  The use of behavior principles to solve practical problems

Question 17

A researcher who is interested in the effect of serotonin on an individual's engagement in social behavior would be:

Accepted Answer

A)  Focused on immediate causation 
B)  Focused on remote causation 
C)  Focused on cultural selection 
D)  Focused on selection by operant conditioning 
A)  Focused on immediate causation 
B)  Focused on remote causation 
C)  Focused on cultural selection 
D)  Focused on selection by operant conditioning

Question 18

Watson's conditioning of Little Albert used ________________ as a neutral stimulus and ________________ as the unconditioned stimulus.

Accepted Answer

A)  A white rabbit; a blast from an air horn 
B)  A fur coat; an electric shock 
C)  A white rat; the sound of a hammer hitting a rail 
D)  A dog; ringing an alarm clock 
A)  A white rabbit; a blast from an air horn 
B)  A fur coat; an electric shock 
C)  A white rat; the sound of a hammer hitting a rail 
D)  A dog; ringing an alarm clock

Question 19

In operant conditioning, a stimulus that reliably precedes an operant response (SD) is said to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Elicit the response 
B)  Reinforce the response 
C)  Set the occasion for the response 
D)  Punish the response 
A)  Elicit the response 
B)  Reinforce the response 
C)  Set the occasion for the response 
D)  Punish the response

Question 20

The idea that successful behaviors will increase in likelihood while unsuccessful behaviors will decrease in likelihood was first described in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Skinner's idea of selection by consequences 
B)  Watson's stimulus-response psychology 
C)  Pavlov's work on conditional reflexes 
D)  Thorndike's law of effect 
A)  Skinner's idea of selection by consequences 
B)  Watson's stimulus-response psychology 
C)  Pavlov's work on conditional reflexes 
D)  Thorndike's law of effect

The experimental analysis of behavior is:

Behavior analysts recognize the importance of __, but tend to focus more on .

Which of the following best describes the findings by neuroscientists who added light-sensitive proteins to the genes of fruit flies (Drosophila)?

Which of the following statements best describes the goals of behavior analysis?

Which of the following statements is not a key assumption of behavior analysis?

Learning refers to:

If you were to ask B. F. Skinner to classify behavior analysis as a subfield of another scientific discipline, which of the following would he most likely choose?

Which of the following is not a difference between Skinner and Watson?

Which of the following statements are true of Pavlov and his contributions?

Respondent conditioning has occurred when a non-functional stimulus is:

DNA methylation provides an epigenetic marker for and histone acetylation provides a marker for .

Which of the following is not an example of respondent conditioning:

Skinner argued that internal events such as feelings, thoughts, and intentions:

Which of the following best describes the behavior analyst position on learning and inheritance?

How are thinking and feeling treated from a behavioral perspective?

Applied behavior analysis is:

A researcher who is interested in the effect of serotonin on an individual's engagement in social behavior would be:

Watson's conditioning of Little Albert used as a neutral stimulus and as the unconditioned stimulus.

In operant conditioning, a stimulus that reliably precedes an operant response (S^D) is said to:

The idea that successful behaviors will increase in likelihood while unsuccessful behaviors will decrease in likelihood was first described in:

The Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Reflexive Behavior and Respondent Conditioning

Reinforcement and Extinction of Operant Behavior

Schedules of Reinforcement

Aversive Control of Behavior

Operantrespondent Interrelationships: the Biological Context of Conditioning

Stimulus Control

Choice and Preference

Conditioned Reinforcement

Correspondence Relations: Imitation and Rule-Governed Behavior

Verbal Behavior

Applied Behavior Analysis

Three Levels of Selection: Biology, Behavior, and Culture

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Exam 1: A Science of Behavior: Perspective, History, and Assumptions

The experimental analysis of behavior is:

Behavior analysts recognize the importance of ____________________, but tend to focus more on __________________.

Which of the following best describes the findings by neuroscientists who added light-sensitive proteins to the genes of fruit flies (Drosophila)?

Which of the following statements best describes the goals of behavior analysis?

Which of the following statements is not a key assumption of behavior analysis?

Learning refers to:

If you were to ask B. F. Skinner to classify behavior analysis as a subfield of another scientific discipline, which of the following would he most likely choose?

Which of the following is not a difference between Skinner and Watson?

Which of the following statements are true of Pavlov and his contributions?

Respondent conditioning has occurred when a non-functional stimulus is:

DNA methylation provides an epigenetic marker for ______________________ and histone acetylation provides a marker for ______________________.

Which of the following is not an example of respondent conditioning:

Skinner argued that internal events such as feelings, thoughts, and intentions:

Which of the following best describes the behavior analyst position on learning and inheritance?

How are thinking and feeling treated from a behavioral perspective?

Applied behavior analysis is:

A researcher who is interested in the effect of serotonin on an individual's engagement in social behavior would be:

Watson's conditioning of Little Albert used ________________ as a neutral stimulus and ________________ as the unconditioned stimulus.

In operant conditioning, a stimulus that reliably precedes an operant response (SD) is said to:

The idea that successful behaviors will increase in likelihood while unsuccessful behaviors will decrease in likelihood was first described in:

The Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Reflexive Behavior and Respondent Conditioning

Reinforcement and Extinction of Operant Behavior

Schedules of Reinforcement

Aversive Control of Behavior

Operantrespondent Interrelationships: the Biological Context of Conditioning

Stimulus Control

Choice and Preference

Conditioned Reinforcement

Correspondence Relations: Imitation and Rule-Governed Behavior

Verbal Behavior

Applied Behavior Analysis

Three Levels of Selection: Biology, Behavior, and Culture

Filters

Behavior analysts recognize the importance of __, but tend to focus more on .

DNA methylation provides an epigenetic marker for and histone acetylation provides a marker for .

Watson's conditioning of Little Albert used as a neutral stimulus and as the unconditioned stimulus.

In operant conditioning, a stimulus that reliably precedes an operant response (S^D) is said to: