Unique to humans is... - ANS the ability for language to further influence superstitious behavior
Superstitious behavior arises from... - ANS accidental contingencies
Superstitious behavior illustrates that... - ANS reinforcement is effective even if it isn't related to
the behavior that follows
What schedules are most likely in the natural environment - ANS Variable schedules
Matching law - ANS Quantitative relationship between rates of response and rates of
reinforcement in concurrent schedules
Long-term consequences are - ANS delayed
Speed and effectiveness of punishment - ANS The more delayed the punishment, the less
effective it is
Belushi effect of drug tolerance - ANS Removal of the conditioned stimulus (the environment)
allowed the drug to effect him differently, causing overdose
The US Office of Technology assessments estimates that __ of modern medical treatments in
common use have been proved as effective - ANS 1/5
Hart & Risley study - ANS Conducted to look for the cause of the disparity in linguistic progress
among children from different socioeconomic backgrounds
Children who come from a welfare background have __ as much experience per hour with
words being spoken to them than a working class child - ANS 1/2
Children who come from a welfare background have __ as much experience per hour with
words being spoken to them than a professional class child - ANS 1/3
Should children be exposed to natural negative consequences - ANS Yes
What makes praise so effective - ANS Being specific, immediate, and warranted - not generic
Traditional viewpoints of mental health - ANS Involve mentalistic and unobservable causes
Why is talk therapy useful - ANS We all want positive social reinforcement
, Strategty of community policing from an ABA standpoint - ANS Prejudice and stereotypes are
nothing but overgeneralization
Philosophy of the science of human behavior - ANS Behaviorism
What do we rely on as a philosophy of human behavior - ANS Structuralism
Normand 2009 about being skeptical - ANS Examine the available evidence before making a
decision
What do we need to consider to evaluate empirical evidence? - ANS Ensure that IOA has been
demonstrated and experimental control was established
Why does conditioning only go so far to explain human behavior? - ANS Adds countless stimuli
but no new responses
Ontogeny - ANS Individual
Phylogeny - ANS Species
If Pavlov settled on psychic secretions as an explanation to the phenomena he observed, we
would say he relied on... - ANS mentalistic explanations and hypothetical constructs
Phylogenetic contingencies - ANS Behaviors selected for the species
Miller, Rodriguez, and Rourke indicated that imitative responses... - ANS - Could be taught
using mirrors
- Might have to be taught to children with autism
- Require the learner to orient toward the model
Darwin says we are not unique in our ability to do what - ANS Think
What are we describing when we say purpose or intent? - ANS The manner in which a given
class of behavior is functionally related to its consequences
Calling a reinforcer effective is... - ANS Redundant
Are non-responses errors? - ANS No
Best ratio for reinforcement - ANS 5:1
Structuralism - ANS Science of human behavior that permits introspection to explain the
conscious mind
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