Exam 7: Behavioral Views of Learning

The Good Behavior Game is based on the application of

Mr.Crutch divides his class into groups and each group has points taken away if students do not behavior.He is employing the ________ game.

The schedule of reinforcement that is the most appropriate to use in the classroom because it encourages persistence and high rates of response is what type of schedule?

In the above example involving Lisa,feeling ill at the prospect of going to the music class served as the

Positive practice involves having students give correct responses several times immediately following errors.

Learning is defined as a deliberate action that produces a positive result.

Contrast reinforcement and punishment and describe the various categories of each.How can we tell if something is a reinforcer or a punisher?

Mr.Bennett's student teacher suggested using a token reinforcement strategy with his disruptive sixth-grade class.The token system was received well by students and soon the class was following the classroom rules.Now that this strategy is working well,the tokens should be distributed

The influences of external events or behavior are the focus of ________ learning theories.

The most effective reprimands are those that are

Ms.Tolleson is effectively using social isolation when she removes Mark,who is being disruptive,for a period of 60 minutes.

During math lessons,Ms.Olson continually observed Jim reading stories from his English anthology.She has probably found

Reinforcement is an important concept in operant conditioning theory but is irrelevant to Bandura's social cognitive theory.

Define "learning" and discuss how it differs from other forms of behavior.

A relatively permanent change in a person's knowledge or behavior that results from experiences is called ________.

Over time,student-set goals tend to become higher with regard to performance standards.

Breaking complex performances into sub-skills and sub-processes is part of a systematic procedure called ________.

Contingency contract

B.F.Skinner is to ________,as Ivan Pavlov is to ________.

The schedule of reinforcement that produces the highest and most consistent response rate is the ________ schedule.