EDF 6222 final Exam Test with Complete Solutions
1. what is the philosphoy of human Behaviorism
behavior?
2. Ontogeny -learned beahviors of a particular ani-
mal during its lifetime
3. Phylogeny behaviors that have been passed
down over the lifetime of the entire
species
4. how do you know the behavior is when there is no history of the behav-
phylogenic? ior
5. what did Miller et al. (2015) find? that mirrors do facilitate acquisition
of motor imitation in children with
ASD-mirror serves as a discriminative
control for the model
6. where does our understanding of Darwin's controversial idea that hu-
operant behavior originate from? mans are not unique in their ability to
think
7. What did Thorndike create? Law of effect
-trial and error type of explanation
-organisms learn when behaviors are
followed by pleasant things and vice
versa
8. Law of effect -Organisms learn through the conse-
quences of their actions
-Bx decrease when followed by nega-
tive stimuli
-Bx increase when followed by pleas-
ant stimuli
9. what is the most powerful stimulus consequences/positive reinforcement
in human learning?
10. rate of response frequency
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11. strongest behaviors are maintained intermittent reinforcement
by?
12. why is "effective" reinforcer redun- -the nature of a reinforcer is that it
dant increases the behavior
-"ineffective" reinforcers don't exist be-
cause a reinforcer is only a reinforcer
if it increases a behavior
13. what do verbal communities influ- repertoire of the speaker
ence?
14. how do words develop meaning? by the listener's responses to the word
15. what is a referent -every term must have an entity to
which it corresponds
-stimulus control over language
16. which is more sensitive to pro- frequency 10-100x
gram changes? frequency or pre-
centage?
17. precision teaching method that adjusts the curricula for
each learner to maximize learning
based on their own celeration chart
18. what is one reason why a lesson students are able to demonstrate their
can be reinforcing? knowledge
19. environment any event in the universe capable of
affecting the organism (some of that
universe is private)
20. how do private events and overt based on their accessibility
events differ?
21. why do we mistrust verbal respons- bcs we can't establish them to be true
es to private events?
22. covert behavior
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1. what is the philosphoy of human Behaviorism
behavior?
2. Ontogeny -learned beahviors of a particular ani-
mal during its lifetime
3. Phylogeny behaviors that have been passed
down over the lifetime of the entire
species
4. how do you know the behavior is when there is no history of the behav-
phylogenic? ior
5. what did Miller et al. (2015) find? that mirrors do facilitate acquisition
of motor imitation in children with
ASD-mirror serves as a discriminative
control for the model
6. where does our understanding of Darwin's controversial idea that hu-
operant behavior originate from? mans are not unique in their ability to
think
7. What did Thorndike create? Law of effect
-trial and error type of explanation
-organisms learn when behaviors are
followed by pleasant things and vice
versa
8. Law of effect -Organisms learn through the conse-
quences of their actions
-Bx decrease when followed by nega-
tive stimuli
-Bx increase when followed by pleas-
ant stimuli
9. what is the most powerful stimulus consequences/positive reinforcement
in human learning?
10. rate of response frequency
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, EDF 6222 final Exam Test with Complete Solutions
11. strongest behaviors are maintained intermittent reinforcement
by?
12. why is "effective" reinforcer redun- -the nature of a reinforcer is that it
dant increases the behavior
-"ineffective" reinforcers don't exist be-
cause a reinforcer is only a reinforcer
if it increases a behavior
13. what do verbal communities influ- repertoire of the speaker
ence?
14. how do words develop meaning? by the listener's responses to the word
15. what is a referent -every term must have an entity to
which it corresponds
-stimulus control over language
16. which is more sensitive to pro- frequency 10-100x
gram changes? frequency or pre-
centage?
17. precision teaching method that adjusts the curricula for
each learner to maximize learning
based on their own celeration chart
18. what is one reason why a lesson students are able to demonstrate their
can be reinforcing? knowledge
19. environment any event in the universe capable of
affecting the organism (some of that
universe is private)
20. how do private events and overt based on their accessibility
events differ?
21. why do we mistrust verbal respons- bcs we can't establish them to be true
es to private events?
22. covert behavior
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