SPCE 609 Final Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Biophysical Explanations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Human behavior is controlled by
physical influences
Biochemical Explanations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Certain behaviors may result from
excesses or deficiencies of various substances found in the body
Four Requirements for Usefulness of Explanations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Inclusive,verifiable, predictive utility, parsimonious
Inclusiveness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Must account of a substantial quantity of behavior
Verifiable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Should be able to test in some way that it does
account for behavior
Predictive Utility - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Should provide reliable answers about what
people are likely to do under certain circumstances-change behavior by changing conditions
Parsimonious - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The simplest explanation that will account for
observed phenomena
Developmental Explanations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Predictable patterns of
development actually occur
Psychoanalytic Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Progression through certain crucial
stages
Stages of psychoanalytic Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- oral, anal, and phallic
, Theory of Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Jean Piaget
Assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Adapt the environment to enhance personal
functions
Accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Change the behavior to adapt to environment
Equilibration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Maintaining a balance between assimilation and
accommodation
Behavioral Explanations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Human behavior is learned
Positive Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When a behavior is followed by the
addition of a consequence that increases the future frequency of a behavior
Negative Punishment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When a behavior is followed by the
removal of a stimulus that decreases the frequency of a behavior
Punishment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A behavior is followed by a consequence that
decreases the future rate of that behavior
Punisher - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The event/stimulus
Extinction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When a previously reinforced behavior is no longer
reinforcer and the rate of occurrence decreases
Stimulus Control - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When an antecedent causes behavior or serves
as a cue for a behavior to occur
Antecedent Stimulus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A stimulus that happen before (precedes) a
behavior
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Biophysical Explanations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Human behavior is controlled by
physical influences
Biochemical Explanations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Certain behaviors may result from
excesses or deficiencies of various substances found in the body
Four Requirements for Usefulness of Explanations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Inclusive,verifiable, predictive utility, parsimonious
Inclusiveness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Must account of a substantial quantity of behavior
Verifiable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Should be able to test in some way that it does
account for behavior
Predictive Utility - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Should provide reliable answers about what
people are likely to do under certain circumstances-change behavior by changing conditions
Parsimonious - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The simplest explanation that will account for
observed phenomena
Developmental Explanations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Predictable patterns of
development actually occur
Psychoanalytic Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Progression through certain crucial
stages
Stages of psychoanalytic Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- oral, anal, and phallic
, Theory of Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Jean Piaget
Assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Adapt the environment to enhance personal
functions
Accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Change the behavior to adapt to environment
Equilibration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Maintaining a balance between assimilation and
accommodation
Behavioral Explanations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Human behavior is learned
Positive Reinforcement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When a behavior is followed by the
addition of a consequence that increases the future frequency of a behavior
Negative Punishment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When a behavior is followed by the
removal of a stimulus that decreases the frequency of a behavior
Punishment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A behavior is followed by a consequence that
decreases the future rate of that behavior
Punisher - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The event/stimulus
Extinction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When a previously reinforced behavior is no longer
reinforcer and the rate of occurrence decreases
Stimulus Control - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When an antecedent causes behavior or serves
as a cue for a behavior to occur
Antecedent Stimulus - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A stimulus that happen before (precedes) a
behavior
