PY101 -- Exam #1
When Dawn brushes her teeth each morning, she gets a sticker. Behavior
increase or decrease? Operant principle? Her brushing behavior is being
_______? - correct answer ✔Behavior is increased.
Positively reinforced.
Joel, the convict, was behaving so well that the prison guard removed his leg
irons. Behavior increase or decrease? Operant principle? The convict's good
behavior was _________. - correct answer ✔Behavior is increased.
Negatively reinforced.
Kyle was speeding 20 miles over the speed limit, and she had to pay $100 for
a speeding ticket. Behavior increase or decrease? Operant principle? Kyle's
speeding behavior was _____________________. - correct answer
✔Behavior is decreased.
Negative punishment.
Cancer patients receiving chemo frequently develop nausea and vomiting as
a result of the chemicals. After several treatments, some patients develop
nausea when they see the nurse.
Find the UCS, CS, UCR, & CR. - correct answer ✔UCS: Chemo
UCR: Nausea & Vomiting
CS: Nurse
CR: Nausea.
One time Yvonne's car went out of control on an icy road. Afterwards, she
pulled to the side of the road and waited for the tension to subside. Now,
whenever snow or sleet begins to fall, she feels tense inside.
, Find the UCS, CS, UCR, & CR. - correct answer ✔UCS: car went out of
control on icy road.
UCR: tension
CS: Snow or sleet
CR: feels tense inside
Suzy has a jacket with a fur collar. Whenever she wears the jacket, the fur
tickles her nose, causing her to sneeze. By the middle of winter, whenever
she puts on any jacket, she begins to sneeze.
Find the UCS, CS, UCR, & CR. - correct answer ✔UCS: Fur
UCR: sneezing
CS: any jacket
CR: begins to sneeze
What are the goals of psych? - correct answer ✔DEPCA!!
Describe, Explain(Understand), Predict, Change(Modify/Influence), Apply
Some of the early historical roots of psych were in ___________. - correct
answer ✔philosophy
What argues that the field of psych should be studying only that which it can
see and verify, not thoughts and feelings? - correct answer ✔Behaviorism
He won a Nobel Prize for his study of digestion in dogs. Systematicaly studied
this form of learning that he called conditioning. He was an early behaviorists.
- correct answer ✔Ivan Pavlov
He was influenced by Pavlov. Believed/discovered that most human behavior
is learned. - correct answer ✔John B. Watson
When Dawn brushes her teeth each morning, she gets a sticker. Behavior
increase or decrease? Operant principle? Her brushing behavior is being
_______? - correct answer ✔Behavior is increased.
Positively reinforced.
Joel, the convict, was behaving so well that the prison guard removed his leg
irons. Behavior increase or decrease? Operant principle? The convict's good
behavior was _________. - correct answer ✔Behavior is increased.
Negatively reinforced.
Kyle was speeding 20 miles over the speed limit, and she had to pay $100 for
a speeding ticket. Behavior increase or decrease? Operant principle? Kyle's
speeding behavior was _____________________. - correct answer
✔Behavior is decreased.
Negative punishment.
Cancer patients receiving chemo frequently develop nausea and vomiting as
a result of the chemicals. After several treatments, some patients develop
nausea when they see the nurse.
Find the UCS, CS, UCR, & CR. - correct answer ✔UCS: Chemo
UCR: Nausea & Vomiting
CS: Nurse
CR: Nausea.
One time Yvonne's car went out of control on an icy road. Afterwards, she
pulled to the side of the road and waited for the tension to subside. Now,
whenever snow or sleet begins to fall, she feels tense inside.
, Find the UCS, CS, UCR, & CR. - correct answer ✔UCS: car went out of
control on icy road.
UCR: tension
CS: Snow or sleet
CR: feels tense inside
Suzy has a jacket with a fur collar. Whenever she wears the jacket, the fur
tickles her nose, causing her to sneeze. By the middle of winter, whenever
she puts on any jacket, she begins to sneeze.
Find the UCS, CS, UCR, & CR. - correct answer ✔UCS: Fur
UCR: sneezing
CS: any jacket
CR: begins to sneeze
What are the goals of psych? - correct answer ✔DEPCA!!
Describe, Explain(Understand), Predict, Change(Modify/Influence), Apply
Some of the early historical roots of psych were in ___________. - correct
answer ✔philosophy
What argues that the field of psych should be studying only that which it can
see and verify, not thoughts and feelings? - correct answer ✔Behaviorism
He won a Nobel Prize for his study of digestion in dogs. Systematicaly studied
this form of learning that he called conditioning. He was an early behaviorists.
- correct answer ✔Ivan Pavlov
He was influenced by Pavlov. Believed/discovered that most human behavior
is learned. - correct answer ✔John B. Watson
