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Behavioral Theories
Review Chapter 10
Question | Answer |
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B. F. Skinner proposed a theory of operant conditioning, focusing on... | External reinforcements. |
Who is the founder of reinforcement theory? | B. F. Skinner |
Reinforcement | Increasing the rate of responding |
The term schedule of reinforcement refers to the specific contingency between a response and a reinforcement. | True |
When partial reinforcement schedules occur ? | Only some of the responses are followed by reinforcement. |
An event that is innately reinforcing often by satisfying a biological need | primary reinforcer |
Behavior modification is the therapeutic approach that systematically applies learning principles to change behavior. | True |
Dollard and Miller analysis distinguished three specific processes, or varieties of identification. | Same behavior, copying and matched dependent behavior |
The four fundamental concepts about learning are drive, cue, response, and punishment. | False |
If a situation provides cues for two incompatible responses, there is | Conflict. |
Neurosis results from maladaptive.... | Learning |
Taking the child out of the environment where the problematic behavior occurs will often remove the reinforcer. | Time out from reinforcement |
Three-function learning theory Is also known as.... | A-R-D |
Staats’s Three Basic Behavioral Repertoires (BBRs) | Language-Cognitive, Emotional-Motivational, Sensory-Motor |
Staats emphasized learning, not biology, as the major determinant of personality formation. | True |