EDF 6222 Midterm Exam Questions With
100% Verified Answers
Behaviorism - answer✔What do we call the philosophy of the science of human behavior?
Structuralism - answer✔This philosophy of human behavior relies on introspection to explain the
conscious mind:
Psychophysical parallelism - answer✔Methodological behaviorism was not a new concept. What
earlier assumption described their beliefs that mind and matter were not interdependent?
Both A and C... Examine the available evidence before making a decision; Withholding
judgment until sufficient evidence is presented - answer✔According to Normand (2009), being
skeptical means:
Ensure that interobserver agreement has been demonstrated and that experimental control was
established - answer✔Which of the following should be considered to effectively gather and
evaluate empirical evidence?
Both B and C.. Mentalistic; Expanatory fictions - answer✔If Pavlov settled on "psychic
secretions" as an explanation to the phenomena that he observed, we would say he relied on what
kind of explanation?
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While it can add countless stimuli, it does not add any new responses. - answer✔Why is
respondent conditioning limited when describing human behavior?
All of the above... THE BEHAVIOR OF AN ORGANISM IS ACCESSIBLE, can be
manipulated, and is generally out of reach in terms of observation - answer✔In comparing
contingencies of reinforcement with contingencies of survival (organism vs. species), what gives
contingencies of reinforcement an edge in explaining most behavior?
False; it is selected for the species - answer✔Phylogenic contingencies are behaviors selected for
the individual.
False - answer✔All conditioned reflexes serve to protect the organism.
False; it is selected for the individual - answer✔Ontogenic contingencies are behaviors selected
for the species.
Instincts - answer✔Because the origins of phylogenetic behaviors cannot be observed, they are
often referred to in other disciplines as:
Both A and B... The learning history cannot be observed; It is difficult to isolate from ontogenic
contingencies. - answer✔Why are phylogenic contingencies hard to identify?
All of the above... Require the learner to orient toward the model; might have to be taught to
children with autism; could be taught using mirrors - answer✔Miller, Rodriguez, and Rourke
(2015) indicated that imitative responses: