Skinner/staats quiz

Skinner's theory focuses on

reinforcement and punishment

"Mentalism" explains behavior in terms of

thoughts and other mental states.

Learning is measured by increases or decreases over a period of time in an organism's

the rate of responding.

Sarah's mother wants her to learn to talk at the dinner table when only the family is present, but to keep quiet when there are guests. Which kind of learning would be appropriate?

discrimination learning

Staats developed a theory called

psychological behaviorism.

According to Staats, stimuli that elicit emotional responses

function as reinforcers for new learning.

The basic building blocks of personality, according to Staats, are

basic behavioral repertoires.

Which of the following is not one of the three types of BBRs identified by Staats?

health-nutritional

The act-frequency approach is designed to measure __________ from a behavioral perspective.

personality

Systematic application of learning principles in therapy is called

behavior modification

Change in the rate of responding is a better measure of learning that Skinner advocated.

True

Primary reinforcers are learned

false

Continuous reinforcement produces behavior which is very resistant to extinction

false

Stimuli that elicit emotional responses can be used as reinforcers, according to Staats.

true

Psychological behaviorism can be applied to childrearing by identifying and teaching basic behaviors.

true