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WorksheetsChiesa 1-2
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 54mins
What is, “perhaps the only unifying principle” in psychology?
A commitment to the study of private events
A commitment to the practices of science
A commitment to the practices of analysis
Both a commitment to the study of private events and practices of science
According to Chiesa, Skinner has been called a:
megalomaniac
hot-head
fascist
Both a megalomaniac and a fascist
“The only meaningful philosophical problems are those which can be solved by logical analysis” is the definition of what?
Logical fallacy
Logical validity
Logical positivism
Both logical validity and logical positivism
The recurring errors attributed to radical behaviorism that this book addresses are:
Dualism, mechanism, naturalism
Mechanism, idealism, S-R behaviorism
S-R behaviorism, mechanism, dualism
Input-output psychology, dualism, metabolism
There is philosophical continuity among various strands of behaviorism
True
False
What is the “calculus” of behavioral science?
Behavior
Words
Conceptual systems
Analysis
How would you change the lyrics to avoid using ‘mind in language’?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-7QHWJOzbE
I was thinking about you
I remembered you
I was worried about you
Any of them would produce an instant hit
What are these dancers doing according to Chiesa?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYQvE9dg9ck
Recalling dance moves from their memory
Performing the dance moves
Using the dance moves
Both a and b
What is this an example of?
Language in language
Mind in language
Learning in language
Both language in language and learning in language
Which is an example of one of the conceptual systems built into the English language?
“I’m losing my mind”
“I’m so angry I could scream”
“I failed the test because I’m stupid”
“It is raining”
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.”
“dualism”
“thinking”
“learning”
“Newtonian science”
All of the below are problems with “language in language” except for...
It is viewed as a “thing” people acquire and possess
Language is difficult to define
Language requires an agent for actions
It suggests a words and rules that are encoded and retrieved from within a person
When explaining the behavior of another person, which directionality is commonly used?
Person -> behavior
Behavior -> person
Environment -> person
Environment -> behavior
When explaining the behavior of yourself, which directionality is commonly used?
Person -> behavior
Behavior -> person
Environment -> person
Environment -> behavior
Which of the following is NOT one of Hineline’s strategies for circumventing language traps?
Using nouns with less solid character
Translating everyday words into behavioral terms (e.g. “like” into “am reinforced by”)
Use the passive form (e.g. “the behavior is selected by the environment” instead of “the environment selects the behavior”)
Turn nouns into gerunds or descriptions of behavior (e.g. “She is empathetic” to “she acted empathetically”)
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?
Agents for actions
Conceptual systems in language
Grammatical categories
Directional talk
What does Chiesa compare with dancing?
Conducting research
Language
Thinking
The environment
Which term would it be better for a behavior analyst to use?
Cognitive patterning
Cognitive structure
