Exam 5: Section 3: Learning

John B. Watson rejected the definition of psychology as the scientific study of the mind in favor of a definition that emphasized the prediction and control of behavior.

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Question 141

B. F. Skinner shared the view of John Watson that psychology should restrict itself to studying objectively observable behaviors, not mental processes.

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Question 142

Your dog jumps up on a visitor, and you smack him with a rolled up newspaper. The next time you have a visitor, your dog doesn't jump on them. This is an example of positive punishment.

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Question 143

Although people often blame their environment for their problems, B. F. Skinner argued that the real problem is that people fail to take responsibility for their actions.

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Question 144

An organism enhances its odds of survival by being responsive to the consequences of its actions, as in observational learning.

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Question 145

The law of effect helps to explain how classically conditioned responses develop from pairing a biologically significant UCS with a neutral stimulus.

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Question 146

Bandura's research on observational learning in children provided a powerful paradigm to study the effects of "entertainment" violence.

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Question 147

Positive reinforcement strengthens the occurrence of a behavior by the removal of an aversive stimulus.

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Exam 5: Section 3: Learning

John B. Watson rejected the definition of psychology as the scientific study of the mind in favor of a definition that emphasized the prediction and control of behavior.

B. F. Skinner shared the view of John Watson that psychology should restrict itself to studying objectively observable behaviors, not mental processes.

Your dog jumps up on a visitor, and you smack him with a rolled up newspaper. The next time you have a visitor, your dog doesn't jump on them. This is an example of positive punishment.

Although people often blame their environment for their problems, B. F. Skinner argued that the real problem is that people fail to take responsibility for their actions.

An organism enhances its odds of survival by being responsive to the consequences of its actions, as in observational learning.

The law of effect helps to explain how classically conditioned responses develop from pairing a biologically significant UCS with a neutral stimulus.

Bandura's research on observational learning in children provided a powerful paradigm to study the effects of "entertainment" violence.

Positive reinforcement strengthens the occurrence of a behavior by the removal of an aversive stimulus.

Section 1: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 2: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 3: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 4: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 5: Introduction and Research Methods

Section 1: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 4: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 5: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 1: Sensation and Perception

Section 2: Sensation and Perception

Section 3: Sensation and Perception

Section 4: Sensation and Perception

Section 5: Sensation and Perception

Section 1: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 2: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 3: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 4: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 5: Consciousness and Its Variations

Section 1: Learning

Section 2: Learning

Section 4: Learning

Section 5: Learning

Section 1: Memory

Section 2: Memory

Section 3: Memory

Section 4: Memory

Section 5: Memory

Section 1: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 2: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 3: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 4: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 5: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Section 1: Motivation and Emotion

Section 2: Motivation and Emotion

Section 3: Motivation and Emotion

Section 4: Motivation and Emotion

Section 5: Motivation and Emotion

Section 1: Lifespan Development

Section 2: Lifespan Development

Section 3: Lifespan Development

Section 4: Lifespan Development

Section 5: Lifespan Development

Section 1: Personality

Section 2: Personality

Section 3: Personality

Section 4: Personality

Section 5: Personality

Section 1: Social Psychology

Section 2: Social Psychology

Section 3: Social Psychology

Section 4: Social Psychology

Section 5: Social Psychology

Section 1: Stress, Health, and Coping

Section 2: Stress, Health, and Coping

Section 3: Stress, Health, and Coping

Section 4: Stress, Health, and Coping

Section 5: Stress, Health, and Coping

Section 1: Psychological Disorders

Section 2: Psychological Disorders

Section 3: Psychological Disorders

Section 4: Psychological Disorders

Section 5: Psychological Disorders

Section 1: Therapies

Section 2: Therapies

Section 3: Therapies

Section 4: Therapies

Section 5: Therapies

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