QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Unique to humans is... - ANS the ability for language to further influence superstitious
behavior
Superstitious behavior arises from... - ANS accidental contingencies
Superstitious behavior illustrates that... - ANS reinforcement is effective even if it isn't
related to the behavior that follows
What schedules are most likely in the natural environment - ANS Variable schedules
Matching law - ANS Quantitative relationship between rates of response and rates of
reinforcement in concurrent schedules
Long-term consequences are - ANS delayed
Speed and effectiveness of punishment - ANS The more delayed the punishment, the less
effective it is
Belushi effect of drug tolerance - ANS Removal of the conditioned stimulus (the
environment) allowed the drug to effect him differently, causing overdose
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, The US Office of Technology assessments estimates that __ of modern medical treatments in
common use have been proved as effective - ANS 1/5
Hart & Risley study - ANS Conducted to look for the cause of the disparity in linguistic
progress among children from different socioeconomic backgrounds
Children who come from a welfare background have __ as much experience per hour with
words being spoken to them than a working class child - ANS 1/2
Children who come from a welfare background have __ as much experience per hour with
words being spoken to them than a professional class child - ANS 1/3
Should children be exposed to natural negative consequences - ANS Yes
What makes praise so effective - ANS Being specific, immediate, and warranted - not generic
Traditional viewpoints of mental health - ANS Involve mentalistic and unobservable causes
Why is talk therapy useful - ANS We all want positive social reinforcement
Strategty of community policing from an ABA standpoint - ANS Prejudice and stereotypes are
nothing but overgeneralization
Philosophy of the science of human behavior - ANS Behaviorism
What do we rely on as a philosophy of human behavior - ANS Structuralism
Normand 2009 about being skeptical - ANS Examine the available evidence before making a
decision
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