Question 1

Among the antecedents of behaviorism were

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A)  Russian reflexologists 
B)  Hunter's work on symbolic processes in animal 
C)  Tolman's sign-Gestalt expectations 
D)  Lashley's work on mass action and equipotentiality 
A)  Russian reflexologists 
B)  Hunter's work on symbolic processes in animal 
C)  Tolman's sign-Gestalt expectations 
D)  Lashley's work on mass action and equipotentiality

Question 2

Watson proposed that emotions involve the striped muscles while instincts involve the unstriped muscles.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Watson's, Hull's, and Spence's versions of behaviorism were molar, while McDougall's, Tolman's, and Lashley's was molecular.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What did Lashley mean by "mass action" and by "equipotentiality," and what experimental results led him to conclude that they characterize the brain?

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@#LAT-DLM&mass action:
o the brain acts as a whole

Question 5

What did Tolman mean by "sign-Gestalt expectations?"

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@#LAT-DLM&the expectation generated in o

Question 6

What did Pavlov mean by a "conditional reflex?"

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Question 7

What is a "cognitive map," according to Tolman?

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@#LAT-DLM&an organism's impression of an

Question 8

Lashley's extirpation experiments on rat memory

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A)  all of these 
B)  demonstrated mass action and equipotentiality 
C)  showed that parts of the brain can take on new functions 
D)  convinced him that learning is not a series of chained reflexes 
A)  all of these 
B)  demonstrated mass action and equipotentiality 
C)  showed that parts of the brain can take on new functions 
D)  convinced him that learning is not a series of chained reflexes

Question 9

What role did conditioning play in Watson's behaviorism?

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Question 10

What two principles of brain function did Lashley propose?

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Question 11

What was the chief objection of the behaviorist school to all the other schools?

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@#LAT-DLM&that they dealt with hypotheti

Question 12

John B. Watson argued that

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A)  all of these 
B)  thinking is subvocal speech 
C)  consciousness is not a legitimate subject for scientific study 
D)  conditioning can explain all learned behavior 
A)  all of these 
B)  thinking is subvocal speech 
C)  consciousness is not a legitimate subject for scientific study 
D)  conditioning can explain all learned behavior

Question 13

Loeb, Romanes, Morgan, Jennings and Lubbock

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A)  all studied animal behavior 
B)  all undertook studies of delayed reaction 
C)  were among the reflexologists of the mid 20th century 
D)  showed that instincts are hereditary, but that habits are reflex arcs 
A)  all studied animal behavior 
B)  all undertook studies of delayed reaction 
C)  were among the reflexologists of the mid 20th century 
D)  showed that instincts are hereditary, but that habits are reflex arcs

Question 14

What was Guthrie's single law of learning?

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Question 15

What, according to Skinner, is "descriptive behavioristics?"

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@#LAT-DLM&description of functional rela

Question 16

What role did drive reduction play in Hull's hypothetico-deductive theory of reinforcement?

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Question 17

Why did Hull argue that psychology must use what he called the hypothetico-deductive method?

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Question 18

Classical Watsonian behaviorism

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A)  dominated US psychology during the second quarter of the 20th century 
B)  dominated US psychology during the last quarter of the 20th century 
C)  superseded information-based cognitive psychology 
D)  was followed by the dominance of structuralism and functionalism 
A)  dominated US psychology during the second quarter of the 20th century 
B)  dominated US psychology during the last quarter of the 20th century 
C)  superseded information-based cognitive psychology 
D)  was followed by the dominance of structuralism and functionalism

Question 19

The motor theory of thinking proposes that

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A)  thought is subvocal speech or other minute muscular movements 
B)  thinking is an instinctive motor phenomenon 
C)  conditioning controls instinctive thought processes 
D)  "motors" in the brain control thinking 
A)  thought is subvocal speech or other minute muscular movements 
B)  thinking is an instinctive motor phenomenon 
C)  conditioning controls instinctive thought processes 
D)  "motors" in the brain control thinking

Question 20

What is the motor theory of thinking?

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Among the antecedents of behaviorism were

Watson proposed that emotions involve the striped muscles while instincts involve the unstriped muscles.

Watson's, Hull's, and Spence's versions of behaviorism were molar, while McDougall's, Tolman's, and Lashley's was molecular.

What did Lashley mean by "mass action" and by "equipotentiality," and what experimental results led him to conclude that they characterize the brain?

What did Tolman mean by "sign-Gestalt expectations?"

What did Pavlov mean by a "conditional reflex?"

What is a "cognitive map," according to Tolman?

Lashley's extirpation experiments on rat memory

What role did conditioning play in Watson's behaviorism?

What two principles of brain function did Lashley propose?

What was the chief objection of the behaviorist school to all the other schools?

John B. Watson argued that

Loeb, Romanes, Morgan, Jennings and Lubbock

What was Guthrie's single law of learning?

What, according to Skinner, is "descriptive behavioristics?"

What role did drive reduction play in Hull's hypothetico-deductive theory of reinforcement?

Why did Hull argue that psychology must use what he called the hypothetico-deductive method?

Classical Watsonian behaviorism

The motor theory of thinking proposes that

What is the motor theory of thinking?

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

Among the antecedents of behaviorism were

Watson proposed that emotions involve the striped muscles while instincts involve the unstriped muscles.

Watson's, Hull's, and Spence's versions of behaviorism were molar, while McDougall's, Tolman's, and Lashley's was molecular.

What did Lashley mean by "mass action" and by "equipotentiality," and what experimental results led him to conclude that they characterize the brain?

What did Tolman mean by "sign-Gestalt expectations?"

What did Pavlov mean by a "conditional reflex?"

What is a "cognitive map," according to Tolman?

Lashley's extirpation experiments on rat memory

What role did conditioning play in Watson's behaviorism?

What two principles of brain function did Lashley propose?

What was the chief objection of the behaviorist school to all the other schools?

John B. Watson argued that

Loeb, Romanes, Morgan, Jennings and Lubbock

What was Guthrie's single law of learning?

What, according to Skinner, is "descriptive behavioristics?"

What role did drive reduction play in Hull's hypothetico-deductive theory of reinforcement?

Why did Hull argue that psychology must use what he called the hypothetico-deductive method?

Classical Watsonian behaviorism

The motor theory of thinking proposes that

What is the motor theory of thinking?

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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