Question 1

According to John B.Watson,a properly "behavioristic" psychology would:

Accepted Answer

A)  rule out subjective methods of investigation. 
B)  make the prediction and control of behavior its major goals. 
C)  make no qualitative distinction between human and animal behaviors. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  rule out subjective methods of investigation. 
B)  make the prediction and control of behavior its major goals. 
C)  make no qualitative distinction between human and animal behaviors. 
D)  all of the above

Question 2

The record of responses made by an animal in a Skinner box is referred to as its:

Accepted Answer

A)  behavioral inventory. 
B)  response tracing. 
C)  psychogram. 
D)  cumulative record. 
A)  behavioral inventory. 
B)  response tracing. 
C)  psychogram. 
D)  cumulative record.

Question 3

In Pavlovian conditioning,if two different tones are randomly presented many times each,but only one of the tones is reinforced each time by the presentation of food powder,a process called ________________gradually occurs so that only the reinforced tone retains the capacity to elicit a conditioned salivary response.

Accepted Answer

A)  backwards conditioning 
B)  differentiation or discrimination 
C)  extinction 
D)  generalization 
A)  backwards conditioning 
B)  differentiation or discrimination 
C)  extinction 
D)  generalization

Question 4

A professor of John B.Watson's at Chicago,whose theories he came to disagree with strongly,was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Ivan Pavlov. 
B)  Jacques Loeb. 
C)  John Dewey. 
D)  Wilhelm Wundt. 
A)  Ivan Pavlov. 
B)  Jacques Loeb. 
C)  John Dewey. 
D)  Wilhelm Wundt.

Question 5

The three unconditioned emotional reactions that Watson was able to find in human infants were:

Accepted Answer

A)  fear, rage, and sorrow. 
B)  anger, love, and joy. 
C)  fear, rage, and love. 
D)  anger, fear, and joy. 
A)  fear, rage, and sorrow. 
B)  anger, love, and joy. 
C)  fear, rage, and love. 
D)  anger, fear, and joy.

Question 6

The "Little Peter" experiment,conducted by __________,demonstrated that ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  John B. Watson; conditioned fear of spiders could be produced in the laboratory 
B)  Rosalie Rayner; affection could be used to overcome conditioned fear 
C)  Karl Lashley; unconditioned salivary responses could be eliminated 
D)  Mary Cover Jones; conditioned fear of rabbits could be deconditioned 
A)  John B. Watson; conditioned fear of spiders could be produced in the laboratory 
B)  Rosalie Rayner; affection could be used to overcome conditioned fear 
C)  Karl Lashley; unconditioned salivary responses could be eliminated 
D)  Mary Cover Jones; conditioned fear of rabbits could be deconditioned

Question 7

When Watson wrote,"Give me a dozen healthy infants,well formed,and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee you to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select," he was expressing a viewpoint known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Pragmatism 
B)  Genetic determinism 
C)  Radical environmentalism 
D)  Neobehaviorism 
A)  Pragmatism 
B)  Genetic determinism 
C)  Radical environmentalism 
D)  Neobehaviorism

Question 8

Which of the following ideas was enthusiastically adopted by Pavlov?

Accepted Answer

A)  Descartes' conceptual separation of the body and mind 
B)  Flourens's conception of the harmonious action commune integrating the different parts of the brain 
C)  Sechenov's argument that learned behavior occurs when cortical reflexes become superimposed on lower, innate reflexes 
D)  all of the above 
A)  Descartes' conceptual separation of the body and mind 
B)  Flourens's conception of the harmonious action commune integrating the different parts of the brain 
C)  Sechenov's argument that learned behavior occurs when cortical reflexes become superimposed on lower, innate reflexes 
D)  all of the above

Question 9

A conditioned reflex is established in a dog,where the conditioned stimulus is a tone of 400 cycles per second,and the unconditioned stimulus is a splash of dilute acid in its mouth. When,on a test trial,the dog is presented with a tone of 500 cycles per second,what is the most likely result?

Accepted Answer

A)  a conditioned salivary response, somewhat reduced in magnitude 
B)  a conditioned salivary response somewhat enhanced in magnitude 
C)  little or no conditioned salivary response 
D)  frantic attempts by the dog to escape from the situation 
A)  a conditioned salivary response, somewhat reduced in magnitude 
B)  a conditioned salivary response somewhat enhanced in magnitude 
C)  little or no conditioned salivary response 
D)  frantic attempts by the dog to escape from the situation

Question 10

The primary conditioned stimulus employed in Watson and Rayner's production of a conditioned emotional reaction in Little Albert was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the sudden restriction of his movement. 
B)  a white rat. 
C)  the loud clanging of a steel bar. 
D)  a Santa Claus mask. 
A)  the sudden restriction of his movement. 
B)  a white rat. 
C)  the loud clanging of a steel bar. 
D)  a Santa Claus mask.

According to John B.Watson,a properly "behavioristic" psychology would:

The record of responses made by an animal in a Skinner box is referred to as its:

A professor of John B.Watson's at Chicago,whose theories he came to disagree with strongly,was:

The three unconditioned emotional reactions that Watson was able to find in human infants were:

The "Little Peter" experiment,conducted by ,demonstrated that _.

When Watson wrote,"Give me a dozen healthy infants,well formed,and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee you to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select," he was expressing a viewpoint known as:

Which of the following ideas was enthusiastically adopted by Pavlov?

A conditioned reflex is established in a dog,where the conditioned stimulus is a tone of 400 cycles per second,and the unconditioned stimulus is a splash of dilute acid in its mouth. When,on a test trial,the dog is presented with a tone of 500 cycles per second,what is the most likely result?

The primary conditioned stimulus employed in Watson and Rayner's production of a conditioned emotional reaction in Little Albert was:

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Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

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The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

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Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

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Exam 9: Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov,Watson,and Skinner

According to John B.Watson,a properly "behavioristic" psychology would:

The record of responses made by an animal in a Skinner box is referred to as its:

A professor of John B.Watson's at Chicago,whose theories he came to disagree with strongly,was:

The three unconditioned emotional reactions that Watson was able to find in human infants were:

The "Little Peter" experiment,conducted by __________,demonstrated that ___________.

When Watson wrote,"Give me a dozen healthy infants,well formed,and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee you to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select," he was expressing a viewpoint known as:

Which of the following ideas was enthusiastically adopted by Pavlov?

A conditioned reflex is established in a dog,where the conditioned stimulus is a tone of 400 cycles per second,and the unconditioned stimulus is a splash of dilute acid in its mouth. When,on a test trial,the dog is presented with a tone of 500 cycles per second,what is the most likely result?

The primary conditioned stimulus employed in Watson and Rayner's production of a conditioned emotional reaction in Little Albert was:

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes,Locke,and Leibniz

Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

Psychology Gets "Personality": Allport,Maslow,and the Broadening Field

The Developing Mind: Binet,Piaget,and the Study of Intelligence

Minds,Machines,and Cognitive Psychology

Applying Psychology: From the Witness Stand to the Workplace

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The "Little Peter" experiment,conducted by ,demonstrated that _.