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Chiesa 1-2

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 54mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is, “perhaps the only unifying principle” in psychology?

a)

A commitment to the study of private events

b)

A commitment to the practices of science

c)

A commitment to the practices of analysis

d)

Both a commitment to the study of private events and practices of science

2.

According to Chiesa, Skinner has been called a:

a)

megalomaniac

b)

hot-head

c)

fascist

d)

Both a megalomaniac and a fascist

3.

“The only meaningful philosophical problems are those which can be solved by logical analysis” is the definition of what?

a)

Logical fallacy

b)

Logical validity

c)

Logical positivism

d)

Both logical validity and logical positivism

4.

The recurring errors attributed to radical behaviorism that this book addresses are:

a)

Dualism, mechanism, naturalism

b)

Mechanism, idealism, S-R behaviorism

c)

S-R behaviorism, mechanism, dualism

d)

Input-output psychology, dualism, metabolism

5.

There is philosophical continuity among various strands of behaviorism

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is the “calculus” of behavioral science?

a)

Behavior

b)

Words

c)

Conceptual systems

d)

Analysis

7.

How would you change the lyrics to avoid using ‘mind in language’?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-7QHWJOzbE

a)

I was thinking about you

b)

I remembered you

c)

I was worried about you

d)

Any of them would produce an instant hit

8.

What are these dancers doing according to Chiesa?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYQvE9dg9ck

a)

Recalling dance moves from their memory

b)

Performing the dance moves

c)

Using the dance moves

d)

Both a and b

9.

What is this an example of?

a)

Language in language

b)

Mind in language

c)

Learning in language

d)

Both language in language and learning in language

10.

Which is an example of one of the conceptual systems built into the English language?

a)

“I’m losing my mind”

b)

“I’m so angry I could scream”

c)

“I failed the test because I’m stupid”

d)

“It is raining”

11.

Which of these does Chiesa NOT say is problematic since “words are the medium through which behavioral scientists express relations” and they “are the calculus of science.”

a)

“dualism”

b)

“thinking”

c)

“learning”

d)

“Newtonian science”

12.

All of the below are problems with “language in language” except for...

a)

It is viewed as a “thing” people acquire and possess

b)

Language is difficult to define

c)

Language requires an agent for actions

d)

It suggests a words and rules that are encoded and retrieved from within a person

13.

When explaining the behavior of another person, which directionality is commonly used?

a)

Person -> behavior

b)

Behavior -> person

c)

Environment -> person

d)

Environment -> behavior

14.

When explaining the behavior of yourself, which directionality is commonly used?

a)

Person -> behavior

b)

Behavior -> person

c)

Environment -> person

d)

Environment -> behavior

15.

Which of the following is NOT one of Hineline’s strategies for circumventing language traps?

a)

Using nouns with less solid character

b)

Translating everyday words into behavioral terms (e.g. “like” into “am reinforced by”)

c)

Use the passive form (e.g. “the behavior is selected by the environment” instead of “the environment selects the behavior”)

d)

Turn nouns into gerunds or descriptions of behavior (e.g. “She is empathetic” to “she acted empathetically”)

16.

Legal writing tends to sound like this, “The prosecutor’s expectation was that defense counsel would make an objection” instead of this: “The prosecutor expected defense counsel to object.” This would be an example of which problematic issue discussed in Ch. 2?

a)

Agents for actions

b)

Conceptual systems in language

c)

Grammatical categories

d)

Directional talk

17.

What does Chiesa compare with dancing?

a)

Conducting research

b)

Language

c)

Thinking

d)

The environment

18.

Which term would it be better for a behavior analyst to use?

a)

Cognitive patterning

b)

Cognitive structure