Exam 12: Bfskinner: Reinforcement Theory

Skinner's approach to assessing behavior is called _____ and it involves three aspects of behavior.

In Skinner's experiment with a rat,the _____ becomes the reinforcer for the behavior of depressing the bar.

Skinner's treatment of personality is unusual because:

An example of negative reinforcement is:

Operant conditioning is the procedure by which a change in the consequences of a response will affect the rate at which the response occurs.

Skinner described human beings as:

Each of the following is a factor in Skinner's functional analysis except:

An employee paid on a weekly basis operates under a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

In the fictional society in Skinner's novel Walden Two:

Skinner argued that psychology is the science of:

Define self-control and describe the techniques of self-control,giving one example for each.

Which of the following is true of functional analysis?

Persistent behavior that has a coincidental and not a functional relationship to the reinforcement received is called superstitious behavior.

All of the following are criticisms of Skinner's system except that:

Which of the following did Skinner reject as valid characteristics of personality?

According to Skinner,parental disapproval of a child's behavior will:

Skinner's fundamental idea is that the collective unconscious can be set free to increase behavioral responses in the subject.

Slot machines operate on a _____ reinforcement schedule.

Which of the following is true of the application of Skinner's behavioral approach?

Skinner used animals rather than people in his research on behavioral responses to stimuli.