BEHAVIORISM AND LEARNING EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE.
Behaviorism - Correct Answer -Learning is viewed as a process of acquiring and modifying
associations among stimuli and responses, largely through a learner's direct interactions with
the environment.
Behaviorists argue that because thought processes cannot be directly observed and measured,
it is difficult to study thinking objectively and scientifically. Instead, they focus on two things
that researchers can observe and measure: people's behaviors (responses) and the
environmental events (stimuli, reinforcement) that precede and follow those responses.
What is behaviorism? - Correct Answer -This theory implies that the learner responds to
environmental stimuli without his/her mental state being a factor in the learner's behavior
individuals learn to behave through conditioning
what are the two types of conditioning - Correct Answer -operant and classical
What is operant conditioning - Correct Answer -Method that occurs using negative and
positive reinforcement (rewards and punishments)
What is classical conditioning? - Correct Answer -classical conditioning involves pairing a
naturally occurring stimulus with a response. then a previous natural stimulus is paired with
the naturally occurring stimulus. the neutral stimulus begins to evoke the same response
without the natural occurring stimulus
Who is B.F.Skinner? - Correct Answer -Invented the "Skinner Box"- associated with operant
conditioning.
education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
the consequences of an act effect the probability of it happening again
Who is J.B. Watson? - Correct Answer -the "Little Albert" experiment. he gets credit for
establishing the psychological school of behaviorism
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WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE.
Behaviorism - Correct Answer -Learning is viewed as a process of acquiring and modifying
associations among stimuli and responses, largely through a learner's direct interactions with
the environment.
Behaviorists argue that because thought processes cannot be directly observed and measured,
it is difficult to study thinking objectively and scientifically. Instead, they focus on two things
that researchers can observe and measure: people's behaviors (responses) and the
environmental events (stimuli, reinforcement) that precede and follow those responses.
What is behaviorism? - Correct Answer -This theory implies that the learner responds to
environmental stimuli without his/her mental state being a factor in the learner's behavior
individuals learn to behave through conditioning
what are the two types of conditioning - Correct Answer -operant and classical
What is operant conditioning - Correct Answer -Method that occurs using negative and
positive reinforcement (rewards and punishments)
What is classical conditioning? - Correct Answer -classical conditioning involves pairing a
naturally occurring stimulus with a response. then a previous natural stimulus is paired with
the naturally occurring stimulus. the neutral stimulus begins to evoke the same response
without the natural occurring stimulus
Who is B.F.Skinner? - Correct Answer -Invented the "Skinner Box"- associated with operant
conditioning.
education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
the consequences of an act effect the probability of it happening again
Who is J.B. Watson? - Correct Answer -the "Little Albert" experiment. he gets credit for
establishing the psychological school of behaviorism
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