Exam 10: Operant and Cognitive Approaches

The treatment or therapy used to modify problem behavior based on the principles of learning is called:

With regard to motivation,what would Shinichi Suzuki never do in instructing the child in violin?

If you wish to determine the past behavior of a rat in a Skinner Box,you can review:

The law of effect is to ____ as operant conditioning is to ____.

Which disorder is characterized by abnormal or impaired development in social interactions and communication?

Who said "...cognitive science is the [downfall] of psychology"?

You have a painful headache and so you take an aspirin to eliminate the pain.The aspirin works and now you are free of your headache.Taking the aspirin is an example of a:

Discuss how you could use the principles of operant conditioning to improve your study habits.

Lovaas' approach to helping autistic children is most effective among children with:

According to the principles of operant conditioning,a response will undergo extinction if the response is:

Negative reinforcement is a type of punishment.

A primary reinforcer ____ the likelihood that the preceding behavior will be repeated.A secondary reinforcer ____ the likelihood that the preceding behavior will be repeated.

In operant conditioning,____ increases or decreases the chances that the ____ will occur again.

Bart the bear picks up a teddy bear.In operant conditioning,this behavior is called a(n)____.He is given an apple,which is the ____ of picking up the teddy bear.

Why would animals and humans have biological predispositions to learn certain behaviors? The behaviors have:

After being praised for learning the word "doggie",a young child will point to anything with four legs and a tail and say "doggie"-even if the "doggie" is really a cat,a horse,or a cow.This child is demonstrating:

You want to change the behavior of your roommate.You decide to reward his behaviors that you like and punish his behaviors that you do not like.You are using:

Whenever little Bobby cries,his father spanks him.Bobby's father is trying to decrease Bobby's crying through the use of:

Since chocolate activates the brain's pleasure centers,it can be considered a:

When successive behaviors are reinforced,the process of generalization is occurring.