Exam 10: Behaviorism and the Learning Approaches to Personality

Behaviorists generally believe that

In Kandel's (2000) study with Aplysia, what was the conditioned response (UR)?

The functional analysis of behavior leads to

The learning theory account of psychopathology is that people

Operant conditioning differs from classical conditioning in that it shapes rather than creates behavior.

For Skinner, depression may be viewed as a result of

According to the text, the Skinnerian approach to psychopathology would predict that a "behavioral deficit" would result when

Behavioral and self-report data

Behavioral assessment

Longstanding disgust for certain foods may be based on

In the sample approach to assessment, traits are inferred from test behavior.

Behavior theory has been used in psychiatric hospital settings to control and develop the behavior of patients through a system of applied rewards. This system has been called

Which of the following is not a part of systematic desensitization?

According to Skinner, superstitious behavior develops because of an accidental relationship between response and reinforcement.

Which of the following is not an emphasis of behavior therapy?

Early reports of the continued improvement of patients treated with systematic desensitization challenged the psychoanalytic concept of

Behavioral psychologists could be expected to be critical of the psychoanalytic interpretation of the use of Little Hans because

The text notes that the key structural unit for the behavioral approach to personality is

The goal of the behavior therapist, in working with a patient, is

Which of the following is not an emphasis of the behaviorist approach?