Exam 10: Behaviorism and the Learning Approaches to Personality

Skinner question the idea that people

Longstanding disgust for certain foods may be based on

Behavioral assessment focuses on the direct assessment of theoretical constructs.

Therapist control over the relevant variables is demonstrated

Early reports of the continued improvement of patients treated with systematic desensitization challenged the psychoanalytic concept of

Watson was influenced in his thinking by

According to Skinner, individuals

Pavlov suggested that thought processes

Rorschach is to ABC as

Which of the following is an accurate statement of the Skinnerian view of imitation?

According to the text, the behavior therapist would be most likely to compare his role as a therapist to that of

Successive approximations provide an explanation for the development of complex behaviors.

Which of the following is not an emphasis of the behaviorist approach?

Pavlov's work was suggestive to Skinner in terms of

Behavioral assessment is associated with theories that

According to Skinner

Behavioral and self-report data

Explain how behavioristic principles, which seem at first to be relevant only to the performance of simple responses, can in principle be used to explain complex patterns of behavior.

Skinnerians would not favor systematic desensitization because

Based on the relative permanency of effect and utility in modifying behavior, Skinner emphasized the use of _______ reinforcement in the shaping of behavior.