Behavioral Psychology Concepts

These flashcards cover key concepts related to behavioral psychology, focusing on teaching methods, behavioral responses, and experimental tasks.

What is an effective way to teach someone about a new job before they start?

Using rules.

What statement is most likely to result in successful behavior completion?

"I will dust and vacuum my apartment on Tuesday evening at 7:00."

When are we more likely to attend to a modeled behavior?

When the behavior is understandable and duplicable.

What are commitment responses likely to function as for someone with low self-esteem?

They are often less effective.

What does it imply when Ronaldo always does what he promises?

He can use promises as a form of commitment response.

What term refers to irrelevant activities sometimes shown by animals when confronted by conflict?

Displacement activity.

What can often break the activity anorexia cycle according to Epling and Pierce’s explanation?

Exposure to a constant food supply.

What is the tendency of an organism to approach a stimulus signaling an appetitive event called?

Sign tracking.

What should behavioral treatments for anorexia nervosa focus on establishing?

Normal patterns of activity.

What does the phrase "The dog bit John" vs. "John bit the dog" illustrate?

The importance of syntax in language.

What does the learning of infant vervet monkeys about alarm calls suggest?

Responses to alarm calls are learned.

How do mongoose lemurs discriminate among amounts of items?

Based on a sense of proportion rather than exact counting.

What is the name of the task for testing pigeons' memory with a delay?

Delayed matching-to-sample.

What did Brodbeck and Shettleworth demonstrate about food-storing chickadees in a modified task?

They were more likely to use location rather than color to select a target.