EDF 6222 final Exam Questions and
Answers Graded A+
what is the philosphoy of human behavior? - Correct answer-Behaviorism
Ontogeny - Correct answer--learned beahviors of a particular animal during its
lifetime
Phylogeny - Correct answer-behaviors that have been passed down over the
lifetime of the entire species
how do you know the behavior is phylogenic? - Correct answer-when there is no
history of the behavior
what did Miller et al. (2015) find? - Correct answer-that mirrors do facilitate
acquisition of motor imitation in children with ASD-mirror serves as a
discriminative control for the model
where does our understanding of operant behavior originate from? - Correct
answer-Darwin's controversial idea that humans are not unique in their ability to
think
What did Thorndike create? - Correct answer-Law of effect
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, -trial and error type of explanation
-organisms learn when behaviors are followed by pleasant things and vice versa
Law of effect - Correct answer--Organisms learn through the consequences of their
actions
-Bx decrease when followed by negative stimuli
-Bx increase when followed by pleasant stimuli
what is the most powerful stimulus in human learning? - Correct answer-
consequences/positive reinforcement
rate of response - Correct answer-frequency
strongest behaviors are maintained by? - Correct answer-intermittent reinforcement
why is "effective" reinforcer redundant - Correct answer--the nature of a reinforcer
is that it increases the behavior
-"ineffective" reinforcers don't exist because a reinforcer is only a reinforcer if it
increases a behavior
what do verbal communities influence? - Correct answer-repertoire of the speaker
how do words develop meaning? - Correct answer-by the listener's responses to the
word
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Answers Graded A+
what is the philosphoy of human behavior? - Correct answer-Behaviorism
Ontogeny - Correct answer--learned beahviors of a particular animal during its
lifetime
Phylogeny - Correct answer-behaviors that have been passed down over the
lifetime of the entire species
how do you know the behavior is phylogenic? - Correct answer-when there is no
history of the behavior
what did Miller et al. (2015) find? - Correct answer-that mirrors do facilitate
acquisition of motor imitation in children with ASD-mirror serves as a
discriminative control for the model
where does our understanding of operant behavior originate from? - Correct
answer-Darwin's controversial idea that humans are not unique in their ability to
think
What did Thorndike create? - Correct answer-Law of effect
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, -trial and error type of explanation
-organisms learn when behaviors are followed by pleasant things and vice versa
Law of effect - Correct answer--Organisms learn through the consequences of their
actions
-Bx decrease when followed by negative stimuli
-Bx increase when followed by pleasant stimuli
what is the most powerful stimulus in human learning? - Correct answer-
consequences/positive reinforcement
rate of response - Correct answer-frequency
strongest behaviors are maintained by? - Correct answer-intermittent reinforcement
why is "effective" reinforcer redundant - Correct answer--the nature of a reinforcer
is that it increases the behavior
-"ineffective" reinforcers don't exist because a reinforcer is only a reinforcer if it
increases a behavior
what do verbal communities influence? - Correct answer-repertoire of the speaker
how do words develop meaning? - Correct answer-by the listener's responses to the
word
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