EDF 6222 Actual Midterm Exam Questions
with Correct Answers
Scientifically skeptical - CORRECT ANSWER -Until there is evidence available,
assumptions cannot be made
Structionalism - CORRECT ANSWER -relied on introspection which looks
inward to describe sensations, positivism and feelings
methodological - CORRECT ANSWER -thought of as a psychological version of
logical positivism or operationism
ontogeny - CORRECT ANSWER -is a learned behavior of a particular animal
during its lifetim
phylogency - CORRECT ANSWER -behaviors that have been passed down
over the lifetime of the entire species
Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER -Behaviorism is not the science of human
behavior; it is the philosophy of that science (Skinner, 1974 pg 3)
Pavlov - CORRECT ANSWER -1. Respondent conditioning
2. he carefully controlled conditions that allowed him to show that particular
stimuli can acquire (respond) the ability to elicit secretion
, 3. He avoided BOTH mentalistic and explanatory fictions
conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER -1. extends the scope of eliciting stimulus
2. does NOT bring all the behavior within stimulus control
3. can add different eliciting stimuli but will never fashion a novel response
contingencies of reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER -have edge for survival
b/c prediction and control and the conditions under which a species acquires
behavior are relatively accessible and can be manipulated
genes - CORRECT ANSWER -predispose an individual's susceptibility to the
influences from the environment.
Genes do not cause behavior- they set up physical basis for the processes
and structures that participate in behavior.
imitative responses - CORRECT ANSWER -require the learner to orient
towards the model NOT topographical correspondence of the behavior
Law of Effect (Thorndike) - CORRECT ANSWER -Thorndike's principle that
behaviors followed by pleasant stimulus become more likely (increase), and
that behaviors followed by negative stimulus become less likely (decrease)
free will - CORRECT ANSWER -operant conditioning does NOT suggest that
organisms cannot control their own behaviors b/c of lack of free will.
with Correct Answers
Scientifically skeptical - CORRECT ANSWER -Until there is evidence available,
assumptions cannot be made
Structionalism - CORRECT ANSWER -relied on introspection which looks
inward to describe sensations, positivism and feelings
methodological - CORRECT ANSWER -thought of as a psychological version of
logical positivism or operationism
ontogeny - CORRECT ANSWER -is a learned behavior of a particular animal
during its lifetim
phylogency - CORRECT ANSWER -behaviors that have been passed down
over the lifetime of the entire species
Behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER -Behaviorism is not the science of human
behavior; it is the philosophy of that science (Skinner, 1974 pg 3)
Pavlov - CORRECT ANSWER -1. Respondent conditioning
2. he carefully controlled conditions that allowed him to show that particular
stimuli can acquire (respond) the ability to elicit secretion
, 3. He avoided BOTH mentalistic and explanatory fictions
conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER -1. extends the scope of eliciting stimulus
2. does NOT bring all the behavior within stimulus control
3. can add different eliciting stimuli but will never fashion a novel response
contingencies of reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER -have edge for survival
b/c prediction and control and the conditions under which a species acquires
behavior are relatively accessible and can be manipulated
genes - CORRECT ANSWER -predispose an individual's susceptibility to the
influences from the environment.
Genes do not cause behavior- they set up physical basis for the processes
and structures that participate in behavior.
imitative responses - CORRECT ANSWER -require the learner to orient
towards the model NOT topographical correspondence of the behavior
Law of Effect (Thorndike) - CORRECT ANSWER -Thorndike's principle that
behaviors followed by pleasant stimulus become more likely (increase), and
that behaviors followed by negative stimulus become less likely (decrease)
free will - CORRECT ANSWER -operant conditioning does NOT suggest that
organisms cannot control their own behaviors b/c of lack of free will.
