Behaviorism experiment Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

EDUC 701 Behaviorism exam 2023 complete 1. Reinforcement: in operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows 2. negative punishment: the removal of a stimulus following a given behavior in order to decrease the frequency of that behavior 3. fixed ratio: in operant conditioning, a schedule of reinforcement that reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses 4. fixed ratio example: after buying 10 coffees your get a free one 5. variable interval ex...

WGU C180 Intro to Psychology, Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, graded A+ Structuralism Wilhelm Wundt Functionalism William James Psychodynamic Sigmund Freud Behaviorism John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner Gestalt Max Wertheimer Humanistic Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers Key mental strategies and goals are inborn through adaptation of the species, the result of natural selection. Evolutionary Psychology Uses computer as a model for the human mind. Cognitive Psychology B...

PSYCH 101 final JMU Questions and Answers 100% Pass Formed by combining ____________ and _______________ philosophy and physiology structuralism how we do something/ how things work reductionism reducing things to their parts functionalism why something works as a whole/why is it there/what does it do for us Freud's contribution to functionalism the concept of unconscious behaviorism break behavior down to smallest part Skinner radical behaviorism radical behaviorism ...

Pavlov's experiment CORRECT ANSWER -unconditioned stimulus (meat) caused unconditioned response (salivation) in dogs -Pavlov repeatedly rang a bell (neutral stimulus) before placing meat in the dogs' mouth - initially, the dogs didn't react much when they only heard the bell w/o receiving meat -After repeating procedure several times, dogs began to salivate when they heard the bell (even if he did not deliver meat) -turned the bell (neutral) into a conditioned stimulus -same w...

Psychology CP Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Psychology - ANSWERSthe scientific study of behavior and mental process Cognitive Activities - ANSWERSMental processes like dreams, thoughts Psychiatrist - ANSWERSis a medical doctor, specializes in treating disorders, and can prescribe medicine to patients Psychologist - ANSWERSis not a doctor and cannot prescribe medications Clinical - ANSWERSrelating to the observation and treatment of actual patients rather than theoreti...

BYU Psych375 Exam 1 with Complete Solutions John B. Watson - Answer-Behaviorist o He focused on observable human nature. He thought internal thoughts had no causal role in behavior What did Watson study or introduce to the scientific field? - Answer-o He believed you can raise anyone to become anything. Stimulus=Response o Little Albert experiment rat + loud bell=baby learning that rat was bad What role did Gestalt psychology play in moving away from behaviorism and toward cognitive ...

Continuous correct answer: Development is a smooth, continuous process of gradually augmenting skills that were there to begin with Discontinuous correct answer: Development proceeds in stages or steps in which new ways of understanding and responding to the world emerge at specific times One Course correct answer: All people follow the same sequence of development (e.g. language) Many Courses correct answer: Unique combinations of personal and environmental circumstances and result...

Chapter 1 (science of Psychology) - AnswerPsychology - Answer-A scientific study of behavior and mental processes -Focuses on BOTH our outer actions and our inner actions -How we as humans think, feel, and act Wundt - Answer-"Father of psychology" -Established 1st psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany -Approach: Structuralism Structuralism and Wundt - Answer-Wilhelm Wundt's approach -Our consciousness can be broken down into the essential elements -Try to better understand the bas...

BACB Task Listlawfulness of behavior - correct answer behavior is determined by specific conditions/variables empiricism - correct answer objective observation of the phenomena of interest based on thorough description, systematic and repeated measurement, and precise quantification of the phenomena of interest. experimental analysis - correct answer manipulate IV to observe changes in DV parsimony - correct answer all simple logical explanations for phenomenon under investigation must ...

PSYC 1F90 - Multiple Choice (T1) Exam Questions and Answers 2024 Which of the following refers to the tendency to remember or notice things that corroborate our expectations and ignore the rest? A) Confirmation bias B) Uncritical acceptance C) Awareness bias D) Commonsense psychology -Answer-A) Confirmation bias Which school of psychology considers behaviours in terms of active adaptations? A) Gestalt psychology B) Behaviorism C) Functionalism D) Structuralism -Answer-C) Functionalis...