WorksheetsBehaviorism: John B Watson (Part 2)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Watson's position on the use of the term consciousness was to ____.
eliminate it entirely from psychological research because it is not an objective method
examine its relevance to overt behaviors
infer the elements of consciousness from overt behaviors
infer the elements of consciousness from observable physiological substrates
Which of the following was NOT one of Watson's methods?
observation with instruments
observation without the use of instruments
the verbal report method
the conditioned reflex method
All of the choices were acceptable to Watson.
Watson's contribution to the method of objective testing was ____.
to advocate for its widespread use
to create a measure of reliability
to argue that the subjects' responses were under the stimulus control of the test items
to create a series of tests which are still used today
The most important research method of the behaviorists was ____.
observation with the use of instruments
testing methods
the verbal report method
the conditioned reflex method
According to Watson, the elements of behavior are ____.
associations among S-R connections
the body's muscular movement and glandular responses
an exchange of ideas between the conscious and the unconscious mind
a synthesis of mental elements involving sensations, images, and feelings
For Watson, stimuli ____.
are always simple elements
are always complex and reducible to simpler elements
may be simple or complex
occur after responses
Watson predicted that the laws of behavior would be identified when ____.
behaviors were reduced to their basic S-R units
the stimulus elements could be perfectly controlled
the smallest elements of responses were discovered
the response elements could be perfectly predicted
According to Watson, the three fundamental emotions displayed by infants were ____.
fear, sadness, and love
fear, rage, and sadness
fear, rage, and love
fear, loneliness, and rage
In Watson's system, fear, rage, and love are ____.
meaningless labels people have adopted
unconditioned responses
conditioned responses
associated reflexes
The Little Albert study ____.
was a prototype for the modern learned helplessness paradigm
was replicated by Mary Cover Jones
showed that fears could not be conditioned
demonstrated the value of punishment
has never been replicated
Watson proposed that society as a whole could be improved by ____.
electing psychologists to political office
enforcing tough crime laws
replacing religion-based ethics with experimental ethics
forming a colony and living a communal life
A major criticism of Watson's system is that it discounts ____.
sensation and perception
thought processes
emotions
social relationships
One criticism of Watson was that his strict objectivity ____.
was hard to achieve
was good for the discipline
needed to be discarded
was second to the introspection method
Watson's primary contribution to psychology was ___.
the rejection of consciousness
his advocacy of a science of behavior that was objective in methods and language
his rejection of the instinct theory
openness to different viewpoints
In the long run, Watson's behaviorism ____.
supplanted structuralism, pragmatism, and functionalism
has continually interacted with functionalism, borrowing some concepts while criticizing others
supplanted structuralism and absorbed pragmatism and functionalism
was absorbed into the mainstream of psychology and thereby lost its distinctiveness and revolutionary spirit and initiative
