Chapter 6: Biology - Behaviour

According to B. F. Skinner, human behavior is controlled primarily by

A child who is punished for swearing at home but not for swearing on the school playground is most likely to demonstrate a patterned habit of swearing that is indicative of

A dog salivates to the sound of a tone because the tone has regularly been associated with the delivery of food. In this case, the tone is called a(n)

After a scary biking accident, Alex extinguished his conditioned fear of bikes by cycling on a safe biking trail every day for a week. The reappearance of his previously extinguished fear when he rode a bike on the same trail two weeks later best illustrates

After learning to fear a white rat, Little Albert responded with fear to the sight of a rabbit. This best illustrates the process of

A learned association between behaviors and resulting events is central to

A learned association between two stimuli is most central to

An involuntary response is to ________ as a voluntary response is to ________.

A psychologist who emphasizes cognitive processes would be likely to suggest that classical conditioning depends on

A response is learned most rapidly and is most resistant to extinction if it is acquired under conditions of

A Skinner box is a(n)

Because Mr. Baron rewards students only for very good classroom answers, his students have stopped participating in class. Mr. Baron most clearly needs to be informed of the value of

Before Pavlov conditioned a dog to salivate in response to a tone, the tone was a(n)

Behaviorism was the view that psychology should scientifically study behavior without reference to