Exam 15: Learning to Be a Person: Behaviorism and Social Learning Theories

Which of the following is NOT a philosophical underpinning of behaviorism?

According to Skinner's terminology, behavior that acts on the environment and changes environmental conditions to the organism's advantage is ________ behavior.

According to Dollard and Miller's approach-avoidance conflict theory, the tendency to approach a positive goal is stronger than the tendency to avoid a negative goal.

According to Dollard and Miller, a state of psychological tension that feels good when it is reduced is called a ________.

From the perspective of expectancy value theory, your belief about how likely it is that a behavior will attain a certain goal is called your ________.

Which of the following psychologists was NOT considered a social learning theorist?

According to Rotter, locus of control is analogous to ________.

In Pavlov's famous studies, when the presentation of meat was frequently preceded by the sound of a bell, dogs ________.

The key target for psychotherapy, according to Bandura, is to ________.

According to Dollard and Miller, in order for a reward to be reinforcing and produce behavior change, the reward must ________.

There is some evidence that habituation to suffering might make people less likely to help or assist others in need.

What cognitive person variable in Mischel's cognitive social learning theory is closest to the notion of expectancies in Rotter's theory?

The most important limitation of the strict behaviorist approaches to personality psychology is that it ________.

It has been suggested that chronic anxiety is the result of ________.

Identify and describe the three philosophical ideas that are fundamental to behaviorism.

The basic idea behind empiricism is that ________.

Classical conditioning is the simplest way an individual can learn.

As a conflicted goal gets closer, the tendency to ________ goal becomes stronger than the corresponding tendency to ________ goal.

Identify and explain Mischel's four cognitive person variables. Explain how these ideas might be similar to other personality constructs described in the textbook. Why is the cognitive-affective personality system (CAPS) model considered a learning approach to personality?

According to principles of hedonism, the objective is to seek pleasure, even if it involves some pain.