Question 1

Therapeutic techniques derived from Skinner's research are being applied in clinical settings to treat a variety of disorders including psychoses, mental retardation, and autism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Skinner's research on reinforcement schedules provides an effective technique for controlling, modifying, and shaping behavior.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Skinner called the ability to alter the impact of external successive approximation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Skinner's influence on psychology

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A)   is negligible.
B)   is only seen with abnormal patients.
C)   is overshadowed by Rotter.
D)   has wide practical applications.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 5

A rat pressing a lever in a Skinner box is showing ____ behavior.

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A)   emitted
B)   elicited
C)   punished
D)   extinguishedE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

In the fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement, the reinforcer is presented following the first response that gives the experimenter an average number of responses.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The successive approximation method

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A)   was developed by Pavlov.
B)   is an example of variable-ratio reinforcement.
C)   is successful with animals but not humans.
D)   is also called shaping.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D) D

Question 8

In Skinner's research, food-deprived rats pressed a lever to receive a food pellet. The rat will eventually press the lever

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A)   and receive an electric shock.
B)   at a decreasing rate.
C)   because he will understand that he will be reinforced for his behavior with a food pellet.
D)   since the lever is the reinforcer for the food pellet.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Skinner believed that personality is a(n)

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A)   network of respondent behaviors.
B)   enduring, unique cluster of reinforcements.
C)   pattern or collection of operant behaviors.
D)   set of traits determined by past reinforcements.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Skinner believed people function

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A)   by free will.
B)   by genetic factors.
C)   like machines.
D)   by unconscious conflicts.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

When a specific stimulus elicits a response, it is called

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A)   operant conditioning.
B)   fixed-interval reinforcement.
C)   respondent behavior.
D)   extinction.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 12

According to Skinner, negative reinforcement is

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A)   the same as punishment.
B)   less effective than positive reinforcement.
C)   more effective than intermittent reinforcement.
D)   more successful with neurotics.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

In his famous salivating dog experiment, Ivan Pavlov demonstrated that

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A)   animals other than humans can exhibit higher intelligence.
B)   learning is primarily a mental activity.
C)   reinforcement is necessary for learning.
D)   all animals are governed by the laws of operant behavior.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D) C

Question 14

According to Skinner, operant behavior

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A)   involves emitted (not elicited)  responses.
B)   is modified by the reinforcement that follows the behavior.
C)   produces a change in the organism's environment.
D)   all of the answers.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Skinner believed people are subjects who express

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A)   overt responses and nothing more.
B)   sexual and aggressive conflicts.
C)   future goals and aspirations.
D)   lower and higher needs.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Answer the following questions:

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Question 17

Through the technique of self-administering satiation, we can cure ourselves of bad habits by overdoing the behavior.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Skinner's fundamental idea is that the collective unconscious can be set free to increase behavioral responses in the subject.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

When Skinner failed to reinforce rats in a Skinner box continuously, the rats

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A)   looked for food elsewhere in the box.
B)   ran wildly around the box.
C)   eventually stopped pressing the lever.
D)   did nothing.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

The _______ becomes the reinforcer for the rat to receive a reward for his behavior.

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A)   electric shock
B)   food
C)   Skinner Box
D)   the experimenterE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Therapeutic techniques derived from Skinner's research are being applied in clinical settings to treat a variety of disorders including psychoses, mental retardation, and autism.

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Skinner's research on reinforcement schedules provides an effective technique for controlling, modifying, and shaping behavior.

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Skinner called the ability to alter the impact of external successive approximation.

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Skinner's influence on psychology

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A rat pressing a lever in a Skinner box is showing ____ behavior.

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In the fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement, the reinforcer is presented following the first response that gives the experimenter an average number of responses.

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The successive approximation method

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In Skinner's research, food-deprived rats pressed a lever to receive a food pellet. The rat will eventually press the lever

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Skinner believed that personality is a(n)

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Skinner believed people function

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According to Skinner, negative reinforcement is

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According to Skinner, operant behavior

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