Question 1
pts
According to the chapter, classical conditioning best explains clinical disorders like PTSD by
showing that fear will never be triggered by neutral stimuli, only by the same fearful stimuli.
showing that a fear response is not easily extinguished.
Correct!
using the concept of one-time conditioning to understand how a strong association can be made after
just one trial.
generalizing a fear of a repeated event, such as a dog attack, to a fear of all similar events.
The answer can be found in Section 5.1 Major Approaches and Historical Figures in the Development of
Behaviorism, in Personality
Question 2
pts
Ivan Pavlov conducted his famous experiments by doing all of the following EXCEPT
Correct!
using a punishment-reward system of conditioning.
, observing that dogs salivated at the sight of a researcher, and then designing an empirical, controlled
experiment to demonstrate how this response was learned.
conditioning dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell.
demonstrating that dogs could learn to associate a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned reflex.
The answer can be found in Section 5.1 Major Approaches and Historical Figures in the Development of
Behaviorism, in Personality
Question 3
pts
With respect to assessment, the behavioral perspective would attribute any observed differences based
on culture to different
kinds of punishments.
Chapter 6 Test Questions
10 randomized questions from this bank
sensitivity to punishers.
reinforcement methods.
Correct!
learning environments.
pts
According to the chapter, classical conditioning best explains clinical disorders like PTSD by
showing that fear will never be triggered by neutral stimuli, only by the same fearful stimuli.
showing that a fear response is not easily extinguished.
Correct!
using the concept of one-time conditioning to understand how a strong association can be made after
just one trial.
generalizing a fear of a repeated event, such as a dog attack, to a fear of all similar events.
The answer can be found in Section 5.1 Major Approaches and Historical Figures in the Development of
Behaviorism, in Personality
Question 2
pts
Ivan Pavlov conducted his famous experiments by doing all of the following EXCEPT
Correct!
using a punishment-reward system of conditioning.
, observing that dogs salivated at the sight of a researcher, and then designing an empirical, controlled
experiment to demonstrate how this response was learned.
conditioning dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell.
demonstrating that dogs could learn to associate a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned reflex.
The answer can be found in Section 5.1 Major Approaches and Historical Figures in the Development of
Behaviorism, in Personality
Question 3
pts
With respect to assessment, the behavioral perspective would attribute any observed differences based
on culture to different
kinds of punishments.
Chapter 6 Test Questions
10 randomized questions from this bank
sensitivity to punishers.
reinforcement methods.
Correct!
learning environments.
