Exam 7: Behavioral and Social Cognitive Approaches

Which of the following scenarios provides the best example of a mental process?

Identify six operant conditioning strategies for increasing desirable behaviors.

Examine teaching strategies that encourage students to be self-regulated individuals, both in and out of the classroom.

Felicia is constantly tardy to class. Her teacher decides to tell Felicia that he will subtract five points for every day that she is tardy, hoping that Felicia will begin to come to class on time. Felicia continues to be late to class and is now in danger of failing the class based on lack of points. What is this an example of?

Differentiate between a positive reinforcer and a negative reinforcer.

Learning involves a relatively permanent influence on behavior, which comes about through experience.

Operant conditioning is a form of learning in which the consequences of one's behavior produce changes in the probability of repeating that behavior.

Summarize the four steps proposed by Zimmerman et al. for turning low self-regulatory learners into those who engage in multi-step strategies characteristic of high self-regulatory learners.

Sully has a painful experience at the dentist's office. The next time his mother brings him to the dentist's office, Sully gets tense and anxious. In this situation, the dentist is which of the following?

Sully has a painful experience at the dentist's office. The next time his mother brings him to the dentist's office, Sully gets tense and anxious. Sully's mother takes him to a new dentist, Dr. Theron, who makes sure that Sully's visits are painless. Sully is anxious at first, but after a few visits, he no longer resists going to the new dentist. Sully's change in behavior can probably best be explained in terms of which of the following?

Of the following strategies that might be used by a teacher, which one leads to the greatest persistence in the desired behavior?

Response cost refers to taking away a certain positive reinforcer when a student displays an undesirable behavior. It usually involves some type of penalty or fine.

In Mrs. Winthrop's second-grade class, students lose previously awarded privileges as well as recess time and free time if they misbehave in class. Using applied behavioral analyses, discuss what Mrs. Winthrop is using in her class.

Matthew's teacher praised him for how well he was behaving; she especially commented on how quietly he had completed his spelling assignment. She told all of the other students that they should all follow Matthew's lead. Matthew was very excited about his teacher's comment. Throughout the day, although the class was no longer working on spelling, Matthew continued to behave well. Using applied behavioral analysis, discuss why Matthew's behavior continued through the day.

Physical punishment can lead to negative student behaviors, including which of the following?

What is the schedule of reinforcement for a behavior that is reinforced only after a given period of time has elapsed?

What is applied behavior analysis?

The importance of associative learning is emphasized in which of the following approaches to learning?

If a teacher compliments a certain student for good behavior an average of once per hour, regardless of how often the student displays the good behavior, the teacher is using which of the following schedules of reinforcement?

What is associative learning? Give one example in a classroom setting.