Deck 7: Pavlov, Skinner, and Bandura: Learning Perspective on Development

Question 1

_______________ refers to the pairing of a stimulus and a response.

A) Negative reinforcement
B) Behaviorists
C) Self-efficacy
D) Classical conditioning

Answer 1

D

Question 2

According to the theory of operant conditioning, ______________ is when something unpleasant is removed, not when it is applied.

A) response
B) negative reinforcement
C) reinforcement
D) punishment

Answer 2

B

Question 3

According to the text, _________________ occurs through observing others.

A) classical conditioning
B) social cognitive learning
C) operant conditioning
D) stimulus and response

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The phrase, "Control the reinforcers, control the behavior" is suggestive of __________ theory.

A) Pavlov's
B) Bandura's
C) punishment
D) Skinner's

Question 5

Learning theorists are known as ____________.

A) behaviorists
B) reinforcers
C) ecologists
D) human ecologists

Question 6

The concept of a "role model" is consistent with which theory?

A) Classical conditioning
B) Social cognitive learning
C) Operant conditioning
D) Stimulus and response

Question 7

Classical conditioning and the control of stimuli are associated with which theorist?

A) Pavlov
B) Skinner
C) Bandura
D) Freud

Question 8

Bandura coined the phrase self-efficacy to describe our belief in our own ability to affect a desired outcome.

Question 9

Operant conditioning refers to how the consequences of a behavior increase or decrease the likelihood that the behavior will happen again.

Question 10

Skinner considered negative reinforcement to be the same thing as punishment.

Question 11

Bandura's work with social cognitive learning has very little implication for health teaching.