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BEHAVIORISM

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 10hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Connectionism is a theory proposed by...

a)

John B. Watson

b)

Ivan Pavlov

c)

Burrhus Skinner

d)

Edward Thorndike

2.

...learning occurs gradually as successful responses are stablished and unsuccessful ones are abandoned

a)

Trial-and-error

b)

Error-and-trial

c)

Trial-or-error

d)

Error-or-trial

3.

This picture corresponds to the experiments of...

a)

Pavlov

b)

Thorndike

c)

Bandura

d)

Bieber

4.

The laws of exercise are... (select two)

a)

Law of effect

b)

Law of use

c)

Law of disuse

d)

Law of response

5.

A response to a stimulus strengthens their connection

a)

Law of use

b)

Law of disuse

c)

Law of effect

d)

Law of readiness

6.

A response is not made to a stimulus, so their connection's strength is weaken (forgotten)

a)

Law of use

b)

Law of disuse

c)

Law of effect

d)

Law of readiness

7.

...emphasizes the consequences of behavior.

a)

Law of use

b)

Law of disuse

c)

Law of effect

d)

Law of readiness

8.

... states that when one is ready to act, doing so is rewarding and not doing so is punishing

a)

Law of use

b)

Law of disuse

c)

Law of effect

d)

Law of readiness

9.

When a student is ready to learn, the professor's explanation is a ____ and the professor not explaining is a ____

a)

reward/punishment

b)

punishment/reward

c)

law of use/law of disuse

d)

law of disuse/law of use

10.

Classical conditioning was proposed by Ivan Pavlov

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

Which picture corresponds to the classical conditioning experiment?

a)
b)
c)
12.

When an unconditioned stimulus is presented with a conditioned stimulus it generates a ...

a)

unconditioned response

b)

unconditioned stimuli

c)

conditioned response

d)

conditioned stimuli

13.

When an unconditioned stimulus is presented without a conditioned stimulus it generates a ...

a)

unconditioned response

b)

unconditioned stimuli

c)

conditioned response

d)

conditioned stimuli

14.

There are some species of animals that have different reactions to the same stimulus. These are...

a)

Biological influences

b)

Synapses

c)

Receptivity

d)

Social influences

15.

...occurs when a stimulus similar to the conditioned stimulus is presented and it generates the same conditioned response.

a)

discrimination

b)

generalization

c)

spontaneous recovery

d)

extinction

16.

...occurs when a stimulus similar to the conditioned stimulus is presented, but it does NOT generate the same conditioned response.

a)

discrimination

b)

generalization

c)

spontaneous recovery

d)

extinction

17.

...occurs when the conditioned stimulus is presented without the unconditioned stimulus, the conditioned response disappears

a)

discrimination

b)

generalization

c)

spontaneous recovery

d)

extinction

18.

...occurs when after extinction, the conditioned stimulus is presented again and the conditioned response returns.

a)

discrimination

b)

generalization

c)

spontaneous recovery

d)

extinction

19.

Behaviorism is based on not observable behavior

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Operant conditioning was proposed by...

a)

Burrhus Skinner

b)

Burrhus Thorndike

c)

Burrhus Snicker

d)

Burrhus Sneakers

21.

Connectionism, classical conditioning and operant conditioning are proposals of (a)  

22.

____ involves presenting a stimulus (or adding something) following a response, to increase the future likelihood of that behaviour

a)

Positive punishment

b)

Positive reinforcement

c)

Negative punishment

d)

Negative reinforcement

23.

____ involves removing a stimulus (or taking something away) following a response, to increase the future likelihood of that behaviour

a)

Positive punishment

b)

Positive reinforcement

c)

Negative punishment

d)

Negative reinforcement

24.

____ involves presenting a stimulus (or adding something) following a response, to decrease the future likelihood of that behaviour

a)

Positive punishment

b)

Positive reinforcement

c)

Negative punishment

d)

Negative reinforcement

25.

____ involves removing a stimulus (or taking something away) following a response, to decrease the future likelihood of that behaviour

a)

Positive punishment

b)

Positive reinforcement

c)

Negative punishment

d)

Negative reinforcement

26.

A reinforcer is any stimulus or event following a response that leads to response strengthening

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

27.

A reinforcer is any stimulus or event following a response that leads to response strengthening

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

28.

Giving a candy to a kid when they answer a question correctly is an example of...

a)

Positive punishment

b)

Positive reinforcement

c)

Negative punishment

d)

Negative reinforcement

29.

Giving the students homework when do not behave nicely is an example of...

a)

Positive punishment

b)

Positive reinforcement

c)

Negative punishment

d)

Negative reinforcement

30.

Taking away an exam if the students participate in the class is an example of...

a)

Positive punishment

b)

Positive reinforcement

c)

Negative punishment

d)

Negative reinforcement

31.

Taking away the students' phones if they do not pay attention is an example of...

a)

Positive punishment

b)

Positive reinforcement

c)

Negative punishment

d)

Negative reinforcement

32.

Behaviorism is an epistemology.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

33.

In behaviorism, free will does not exist.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

34.

Most of the experiments in behaviorism were done with...

a)

animals

b)

people

35.

In behaviorism, the repetition of actions is very important.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

36.

Behaviorism is positivist because it only considers the observable behavior

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

37.

Modeling is an important feature of the classical conditioning.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

38.

Some repetition methods of behaviorism are... (select 3 options)

a)

Translation

b)

Communicative method

c)

Audiolingial

d)

Direct method

e)

Vicarious learning

39.

Self-regulation is addressed in operant conditioning

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

40.

Behaviorism denies the existance of mental phenomena

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE