SPCE 609 EXAMINATION TEST BANK 2026
VIEW AHEAD EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
◍ Biochemical Explanations. Answer: Certain behaviors may result
from excesses or deficiencies of various substances found in the body
◍ Four Requirements for Usefulness of Explanations. Answer:
Inclusive,verifiable, predictive utility, parsimonious
◍ Inclusiveness. Answer: Must account of a substantial quantity of
behavior
◍ Verifiable. Answer: Should be able to test in some way that it does
account for behavior
◍ Predictive Utility. Answer: Should provide reliable answers about
what people are likely to do under certain circumstances-change
behavior by changing conditions
◍ Parsimonious. Answer: The simplest explanation that will account
for observed phenomena
,◍ Developmental Explanations. Answer: Predictable patterns of
development actually occur
◍ Psychoanalytic Theory. Answer: Progression through certain
crucial stages
◍ Stages of psychoanalytic Theory. Answer: oral, anal, and phallic
◍ Theory of Cognitive Development. Answer: Jean Piaget
◍ Assimilation. Answer: Adapt the environment to enhance personal
functions
◍ Accommodation. Answer: Change the behavior to adapt to
environment
◍ Equilibration. Answer: Maintaining a balance between assimilation
and accommodation
◍ Behavioral Explanations. Answer: Human behavior is learned
◍ Positive Reinforcement. Answer: When a behavior is followed by
the addition of a consequence that increases the future frequency of a
behavior
, ◍ Negative Punishment. Answer: When a behavior is followed by the
removal of a stimulus that decreases the frequency of a behavior
◍ Punishment. Answer: A behavior is followed by a consequence that
decreases the future rate of that behavior
◍ Punisher. Answer: The event/stimulus
◍ Extinction. Answer: When a previously reinforced behavior is no
longer reinforcer and the rate of occurrence decreases
◍ Stimulus Control. Answer: When an antecedent causes behavior or
serves as a cue for a behavior to occur
◍ Antecedent Stimulus. Answer: A stimulus that happen before
(precedes) a behavior
◍ Modeling. Answer: Demonstration of behavior
◍ Shaping. Answer: Uses reinforcement of the successive
approximations of a behavior to teach the desired behavior.
◍ Operant Behaviors. Answer: Happen voluntarily
◍ Respondent Behaviors. Answer: Are learned
VIEW AHEAD EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
◍ Biochemical Explanations. Answer: Certain behaviors may result
from excesses or deficiencies of various substances found in the body
◍ Four Requirements for Usefulness of Explanations. Answer:
Inclusive,verifiable, predictive utility, parsimonious
◍ Inclusiveness. Answer: Must account of a substantial quantity of
behavior
◍ Verifiable. Answer: Should be able to test in some way that it does
account for behavior
◍ Predictive Utility. Answer: Should provide reliable answers about
what people are likely to do under certain circumstances-change
behavior by changing conditions
◍ Parsimonious. Answer: The simplest explanation that will account
for observed phenomena
,◍ Developmental Explanations. Answer: Predictable patterns of
development actually occur
◍ Psychoanalytic Theory. Answer: Progression through certain
crucial stages
◍ Stages of psychoanalytic Theory. Answer: oral, anal, and phallic
◍ Theory of Cognitive Development. Answer: Jean Piaget
◍ Assimilation. Answer: Adapt the environment to enhance personal
functions
◍ Accommodation. Answer: Change the behavior to adapt to
environment
◍ Equilibration. Answer: Maintaining a balance between assimilation
and accommodation
◍ Behavioral Explanations. Answer: Human behavior is learned
◍ Positive Reinforcement. Answer: When a behavior is followed by
the addition of a consequence that increases the future frequency of a
behavior
, ◍ Negative Punishment. Answer: When a behavior is followed by the
removal of a stimulus that decreases the frequency of a behavior
◍ Punishment. Answer: A behavior is followed by a consequence that
decreases the future rate of that behavior
◍ Punisher. Answer: The event/stimulus
◍ Extinction. Answer: When a previously reinforced behavior is no
longer reinforcer and the rate of occurrence decreases
◍ Stimulus Control. Answer: When an antecedent causes behavior or
serves as a cue for a behavior to occur
◍ Antecedent Stimulus. Answer: A stimulus that happen before
(precedes) a behavior
◍ Modeling. Answer: Demonstration of behavior
◍ Shaping. Answer: Uses reinforcement of the successive
approximations of a behavior to teach the desired behavior.
◍ Operant Behaviors. Answer: Happen voluntarily
◍ Respondent Behaviors. Answer: Are learned
