Exam 7: Behavioral and Social Cognitive Approaches

As children grow, their capacity for self-regulation increases.

In the middle of a difficult exam, Sam tells his teacher that his stomach hurts, and the teacher immediately sends him to the school nurse, who lets Sam lie down and take a nap. Sam's teacher takes notice that on several later occasions when Sam has a difficult test or assignment, Sam again tells the teacher that he doesn't feel well. Each time the teacher sends him to the school nurse without completing his work, and without being penalized. Sam is being:

Define discrimination.

At the end of the day, Isaac hears a car pull in the driveway. A few minutes later, his father walks through the side door to the house. Isaac smiles, then runs to the door to greet his father. This scene is repeated for several days. Then, one evening, Isaac runs to the side door as soon as he hears a car pull into the driveway. Isaac's behavior of running to the door when he hears the car can best be described as which of the following?

Self-regulatory learning consists of imposing external factors to control the student's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Classroom fears can develop when a child associates the classroom with being criticized. In such a situation, the classroom itself is the unconditioned stimulus.

Behaviorism is the view that behavior should be explained by mental processes rather than observable actions.

Which of the following scenarios best depicts positive reinforcement?

Natalie is Ms. Smitren's class clown. Natalie is very popular with her classmates because of her witty personality. Ms. Smitren has decided that the reason Natalie shows off is that she wants to be in the spotlight, so she decides to ignore Natalie when Natalie begins her comedy routines. However, much to Ms. Smitren's dismay, Natalie's behavior does not decrease. What did Ms. Smitren use in this example?

Mr. Rojas says, "What great behavior Daniel is showing; he is standing quietly in line the way he is supposed to be." Soon, all of the third graders in Mr. Rojas's class are standing in line quietly like Daniel. In this example, what has happened to the class?

Barry Zimmerman is well known for his work in which of the following areas?

Mr. Billow knows that the students in his 11 th -grade history class are very friendly with each other and really like to do all of their assignments in groups. Thus, when a student does not bring in his homework completed, Mr. Billow makes him go to the library and work on an independent assignment. Mr. Billow's tactic is an example of which of the following?

Examine how prompts and shaping can be used to attain desired behaviors. Give an example of each.

A social studies teacher frequently ignores the quiet child in the social studies class. As time passes, the quiet child becomes restless and disruptive whenever she is in the social studies classroom, even when a substitute teacher is in charge. Which of the following is the unconditioned stimulus?

Discrimination refers to one's ability to distinguish between the unconditioned stimulus and the conditioned stimulus.

Applied behavior analysis involves applying the principles of classical conditioning to change human behavior.

Ms. Santos is explaining geometric angles, when she sees Stanley poke his pencil in Sharon's arm. Sharon winces but does not say anything. Ms. Santos immediately tells Stanley that he has lost 10 minutes of recess. In this scenario, Ms. Santos used:

Which of the following statements best describes an important conclusion that arose from the Bobo doll study?