PSYC 371 THEORIES IN COUNSELLING CH. 9-
11 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS [
GRADED A+]
Initially, behaviourism strictly focused on .. - ✔✔observable behaviour
While behaviourism has early beginnings that date back to the early 1900s, its
popularity as a treatment surged in the .. - ✔✔50s and 60s in the US, Europe,
and South Africa
For the behaviourist, all behaviour is .. - ✔✔learned. It does not come from a
subject's experience or unconscious processes. Behaviour continues because it
is reinforced.
John B. Watson is the founder of .. - ✔✔Behaviourism.
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
,-Watson's view of psych was more objective compared to the subjective nature
of psychoanalytic theory
-he view psych in terms of individual behaviour and that patterns of behaviour
could be used to predict and control people
-created a research lab studying comparative/animal psych
-made the claim that psych is to be defined as the science of human behaviour
-experiment w little Albert p. 162-163
-authored Behaviourism, Psychological Care of Infant and Child
Mary Cover Jones - ✔✔-could be considered the mother of behaviourism
-was a student of Watson
-She took Watson's work and extended it to include the effectiveness of
counterconditioning
-counterconditioning is the process of removing a preexisting condition of a
fear response
-work on Little Peter
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
, Edward Thorndike - ✔✔-a pioneer in the study of animal behaviour
-known for Law of Effect --a precursor to operant conditioning
-The law of effect states that responses that produce an outcome effect that is
satisfying is likely to be reproduced in that same situation
-His theory was known as Connectionism which is regulated by the law of
effect, law of readiness, and law of exercise
Skinner sought to extend Thorndike's work on positive and negative
reinforcement. Skinner tested the hypotheses of reinforcement through his
famous.. - ✔✔skinner box p. 164
Skinner wrote .. - ✔✔Walden Two
Science and Human Behaviour
Beyond Freedom and Dignity
Joseph Wolpe - ✔✔wrote The Practice of Behaviour Therapy
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
11 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS [
GRADED A+]
Initially, behaviourism strictly focused on .. - ✔✔observable behaviour
While behaviourism has early beginnings that date back to the early 1900s, its
popularity as a treatment surged in the .. - ✔✔50s and 60s in the US, Europe,
and South Africa
For the behaviourist, all behaviour is .. - ✔✔learned. It does not come from a
subject's experience or unconscious processes. Behaviour continues because it
is reinforced.
John B. Watson is the founder of .. - ✔✔Behaviourism.
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
,-Watson's view of psych was more objective compared to the subjective nature
of psychoanalytic theory
-he view psych in terms of individual behaviour and that patterns of behaviour
could be used to predict and control people
-created a research lab studying comparative/animal psych
-made the claim that psych is to be defined as the science of human behaviour
-experiment w little Albert p. 162-163
-authored Behaviourism, Psychological Care of Infant and Child
Mary Cover Jones - ✔✔-could be considered the mother of behaviourism
-was a student of Watson
-She took Watson's work and extended it to include the effectiveness of
counterconditioning
-counterconditioning is the process of removing a preexisting condition of a
fear response
-work on Little Peter
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
, Edward Thorndike - ✔✔-a pioneer in the study of animal behaviour
-known for Law of Effect --a precursor to operant conditioning
-The law of effect states that responses that produce an outcome effect that is
satisfying is likely to be reproduced in that same situation
-His theory was known as Connectionism which is regulated by the law of
effect, law of readiness, and law of exercise
Skinner sought to extend Thorndike's work on positive and negative
reinforcement. Skinner tested the hypotheses of reinforcement through his
famous.. - ✔✔skinner box p. 164
Skinner wrote .. - ✔✔Walden Two
Science and Human Behaviour
Beyond Freedom and Dignity
Joseph Wolpe - ✔✔wrote The Practice of Behaviour Therapy
©morren 2025/2026.Year published 2026.
