Behaviorism

In a contingency contract, behaviors should be

• accurate

• general

• specific

Behavioral objectives should be as specific as possible.

• True

• False

Which therapy is used to treat harmful addictive behaviors?

• Exposure therapy

• Cognitive behavioral therapy

• Aversion therapy

• Psychodynamic therapy

Which therapy is used to treat fears?

• Psychodynamic therapy

• Exposure therapy

• Holistic therapy

• 1. Aversion therapy

Which explains the anxiety of children when they will take a test?

• 1. Operant conditioning

• Contiguous conditioning

• Connectionism

• Classical conditioning

What is the role of the sound of a metronome after conditioning in Pavlov’s experiment?

• Neutral stimulus

• Conditioned stimulus

• Unconditioned stimulus

What is the role of the sound of a metronome before conditioning in Pavlov’s experiment?

• Neutral stimulus

• Conditioned stimulus

• Unconditioned stimulus

What's another word for operant in the phrase operant conditioning?

• Classical

• Instrumental

• Cognitive

• Spatial

What's the best concise definition of operant conditioning?

• Explains how circumstances lead to changes in involuntary behavior

• A philosophical tool used to aide discussions around behavior modification

• Explains how consequences lead to changes in voluntary behavior

• The study of how rules are easily broken

An example of negative reinforcement is a night of no homework because you did well on an exam.

• True; it's negative because there was a removal of a stimulus

• False; it's positive because there was an action taken

• True; it's a good thing to remove homework

• False; it's a bad thing to take away a stimulus that can potentially help someone