BBP581 Review

What is behaviourism primarily concerned with?

• Understanding the mental states of individuals

• The study of observable behaviour and its environmental determinants

• Exploring unconscious motives behind actions

• Developing theories about emotions and thoughts

Which of the following is a common misconception about behaviourism?

• It ignores the role of genetics.
  

• It emphasizes the environment's impact on behaviour.

• It denies the existence of thoughts and feelings.
  

• It focuses solely on observable behaviour.

According to Skinner, private events like feelings and thoughts are:

• Entirely unrelated to observable behaviour

• The primary focus of behaviourism

• Impossible to study scientifically

• Treated as behaviours that occur within the skin but behaviours none the less

What is Skinner's stance on the reliability of self-reports of behavior?

• They are biased and should not be considered scientific evidence.

• They are always accurate and reliable.

• They can be useful but are influenced by verbal community practices.

• They are irrelevant to the study of behaviourism.

Watson expanded the understanding of classical conditioning with humans

• True

• False

CER’s were not one of Watson’s major influences in psychology

• True

• False

____________ soprocedure in which the conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus

• Second-Order Conditioning

• First-order conditioning

• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

According to Skinner, which of the following is an example of operant behaviour?

• A child flinching at the sound of thunder

• A dog salivating when it smells food

• A reflexive blink in response to bright light

• A student raising their hand to ask a question

A new neutral stimulus is not required in second order conditioning

• True

• False

___________ is a type of classical conditioning where the NS and the US are presented at the exact same time during conditioning

• Delayed pairing

• Simultaneous pairing

• Trace pairing

• None of these