Question 1

Watson argued that consciousness is not a legitimate subject for scientific study.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

What was Skinner's operational definition of a "reinforcer?"

Accepted Answer

$\bullet$any stimulus that
o follows a response
o changes the probability of that response

Question 3

Karl Lashley used his studies of mass action and equipotentiality to demonstrate that learning is a series of chained reflexes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

What is "subvocal speech," and what role did it play in the behaviorist school?

Accepted Answer

@#LAT-DLM&minute movements of

Question 5

The S-R connection, according to the behaviorists, is

Accepted Answer

A)  the basic unit of behavior 
B)  a result of hereditary instinctual processes 
C)  an inborn reflex 
D)  subvocal speech 
A)  the basic unit of behavior 
B)  a result of hereditary instinctual processes 
C)  an inborn reflex 
D)  subvocal speech

Question 6

How did Hunter propose to study symbolic processes in animals?

Accepted Answer

@#LAT-DLM&by testing them for

Question 7

John B. Watson became a prominent behaviorist after a successful career in advertising.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is meant by "physicalism" and by "cgs terms?"

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is meant by "physicalism" and by...

Question 9

Hunter used experiments with delayed reactions and with the temporal maze to study symbolic processes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What was Watson's position on the role of consciousness in a science of psychology?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What was Watson's position on the role...

Question 11

Classical behaviorism was replaced by information theory and cognitive psychology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Contrast Tolman's molar with Hull's molecular approach

Accepted Answer

@#LAT-DLM&Tolman: organisms develop cogn

Question 13

Hunter's procedure of delayed reaction

Accepted Answer

A)  studies animals' responses to stimuli that have been removed 
B)  investigates behavior in the temporal maze 
C)  measures responses to delayed subvocal speech 
D)  shows that animal behavior may display features that occurred at lower levels of evolution 
A)  studies animals' responses to stimuli that have been removed 
B)  investigates behavior in the temporal maze 
C)  measures responses to delayed subvocal speech 
D)  shows that animal behavior may display features that occurred at lower levels of evolution

Question 14

The work of Russian scientists Sechenov, Bekhterev, and Pavlov was among the antecedents of behaviorism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Skinner proposed that any stimulus that changes the probability of a preceding response is a reinforcer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Briefly summarize the history of the behaviorist school during the 20th century

Accepted Answer

@#LAT-DLM&it arose early in the century as an outg

Question 17

How did the behaviorists contrast instincts and habits?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How did the behaviorists contrast instincts and...

Question 18

According to Watson, habits and inborn reflexes are primarily a matter of subvocal speech.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Hull's drive-reduction theory of reinforcement argued that

Accepted Answer

A)  reduction of a drive is required for reinforcement 
B)  satisfiers strengthen, and annoyers weaken, S-R connections 
C)  the hypothetico-deductive method generates "cognitive maps" 
D)  none of these 
A)  reduction of a drive is required for reinforcement 
B)  satisfiers strengthen, and annoyers weaken, S-R connections 
C)  the hypothetico-deductive method generates "cognitive maps" 
D)  none of these

Question 20

Skinner's utopian society, Walden Two, is based on

Accepted Answer

A)  the environmental control of behavior 
B)  classical Pavlovian conditioning 
C)  cognitive "sign-Gestalt expectations" 
D)  Hullian drive-reduction reinforcement 
A)  the environmental control of behavior 
B)  classical Pavlovian conditioning 
C)  cognitive "sign-Gestalt expectations" 
D)  Hullian drive-reduction reinforcement

Watson argued that consciousness is not a legitimate subject for scientific study.

What was Skinner's operational definition of a "reinforcer?"

Karl Lashley used his studies of mass action and equipotentiality to demonstrate that learning is a series of chained reflexes.

What is "subvocal speech," and what role did it play in the behaviorist school?

The S-R connection, according to the behaviorists, is

How did Hunter propose to study symbolic processes in animals?

John B. Watson became a prominent behaviorist after a successful career in advertising.

What is meant by "physicalism" and by "cgs terms?"

Hunter used experiments with delayed reactions and with the temporal maze to study symbolic processes.

What was Watson's position on the role of consciousness in a science of psychology?

Classical behaviorism was replaced by information theory and cognitive psychology.

Contrast Tolman's molar with Hull's molecular approach

Hunter's procedure of delayed reaction

The work of Russian scientists Sechenov, Bekhterev, and Pavlov was among the antecedents of behaviorism.

Skinner proposed that any stimulus that changes the probability of a preceding response is a reinforcer.

Briefly summarize the history of the behaviorist school during the 20th century

How did the behaviorists contrast instincts and habits?

According to Watson, habits and inborn reflexes are primarily a matter of subvocal speech.

Hull's drive-reduction theory of reinforcement argued that

Skinner's utopian society, Walden Two, is based on

Introduction

Early Developments

The Lines of Development From Science

The Lines of Development From Philosophy

Wundts Immediate Predecessors

Wilhelm Wundt

The Contemporary Scene in the Age of Wundt

William James and Psychology in the United States

The Age of Schools

Structuralism and Functionalism

Gestalt Psychology

Psychoanalysis

The Immediate Post Schools Era

The Last Half of the Twentieth Century

An Evaluation: Psychologys Promising Past and Enigmatic Future

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Exam 11: Behaviorism

Watson argued that consciousness is not a legitimate subject for scientific study.

What was Skinner's operational definition of a "reinforcer?"

Karl Lashley used his studies of mass action and equipotentiality to demonstrate that learning is a series of chained reflexes.

What is "subvocal speech," and what role did it play in the behaviorist school?

The S-R connection, according to the behaviorists, is

How did Hunter propose to study symbolic processes in animals?

John B. Watson became a prominent behaviorist after a successful career in advertising.

What is meant by "physicalism" and by "cgs terms?"

Hunter used experiments with delayed reactions and with the temporal maze to study symbolic processes.

What was Watson's position on the role of consciousness in a science of psychology?

Classical behaviorism was replaced by information theory and cognitive psychology.

Contrast Tolman's molar with Hull's molecular approach

Hunter's procedure of delayed reaction

The work of Russian scientists Sechenov, Bekhterev, and Pavlov was among the antecedents of behaviorism.

Skinner proposed that any stimulus that changes the probability of a preceding response is a reinforcer.

Briefly summarize the history of the behaviorist school during the 20th century

How did the behaviorists contrast instincts and habits?

According to Watson, habits and inborn reflexes are primarily a matter of subvocal speech.

Hull's drive-reduction theory of reinforcement argued that

Skinner's utopian society, Walden Two, is based on

Introduction

Early Developments

The Lines of Development From Science

The Lines of Development From Philosophy

Wundts Immediate Predecessors

Wilhelm Wundt

The Contemporary Scene in the Age of Wundt

William James and Psychology in the United States

The Age of Schools

Structuralism and Functionalism

Gestalt Psychology

Psychoanalysis

The Immediate Post Schools Era

The Last Half of the Twentieth Century

An Evaluation: Psychologys Promising Past and Enigmatic Future

Filters