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

Philosopher John Locke's conception of the newborn mind as a tabula rasa (blank slate) is closely associated with the idea of ________.

On the first day of kindergarten, Terry's teacher responds to the students every time they ask her a question. By the end of the first week, the teacher will only respond to students who are sitting quietly at their desks. At the end of the second week, the teacher will only respond to students' questions if they are quietly seated, raise their hands, and wait to be called on before asking their questions. Terry's teacher is using ________ to change the students' behavior.

Most people use punishment effectively.

Which philosophical idea explains the learning process?

Utilitarianism, a social philosophy, claims that ________.

Both punishment and reinforcement can be used to get someone to stop performing a behavior.

Based on recent research regarding the ability to forecast emotional reactions to major events, people tend to ________.

According to Mischel, what is the most important aspect of personality and cognition?

The Bobo doll studies of aggression demonstrated that ________.

Dollard and Miller view psychological conflict as the result of ________.

What term refers to Bandura's idea that the self-system, environmental factors, and behavior are all dynamically interlinked?

When a new mobile is first hung over baby Jessica's crib, she looks at it frequently, but after several weeks pass she hardly notices it. Jessica has become ________ to the mobile.

Define reciprocal determinism and explain how it fits into Bandura's social learning theory. How does this concept apply to other concepts in personality psychology?

According to Dollard and Miller's theory, love, prestige, power, fear, and avoidance of humiliation are considered ________.

One advantage of behaviorism is that it is supported by objective data.

Which theorist had a substantial intellectual influence on Mischel's ideas about the cognitive-affective personality system?

A utilitarian always values happiness over freedom.

According to Mischel's theorizing, which of the following methods would be the best way to stop yourself from eating a piece of delicious chocolate cake?

Behaviorism is concerned with ________, whereas Rotter's social learning perspective is concerned with ________.

The attempt to determine how behavior is connected to the environment is called ________.