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Behaviorists believe that personality A
differences can be entirely
explained by ________.
a. learning
b. behavioral traits
c. phenomenological processes
d. IQ
The attempt to determine how D
behavior is connected to the
environment is called ________.
a. behavioral linking
b. empiricism
c. associationism
d. functional analysis
Which of the following is NOT a C
philosophical underpinning of
behaviorism?
a. associationism
b. empiricism
c. existentialism
d. hedonism
,The basic idea behind empiricism is C
that ________.
a. two things become linked
mentally if they are experienced
close together in time
b. the structure of the mind
determines our experience of
reality
c. everything we know is the result
of our experience
d. every large phenomenon can be
understood by breaking it down
into smaller components
Which philosophical idea explains A
the learning process?
a. associationism
b. empiricism
c. hedonism
d. utilitarianism
If a particular song frequently C
precedes your being touched by
your significant other, then
eventually hearing the song will
make you think of being touched by
him or her. This is the basic idea
behind ________.
a. reductionism
b. habituation
c. associationism
d. hedonism
,Utilitarianism, a social philosophy, D
claims that ________.
a. people learn in order to seek
pleasure and to avoid pain
b. behavior changes as a function of
experience
c. two things become mentally
connected into one if they are
repeatedly experienced close
together in time
d. the best society produces the
most happiness for the largest
number of people
Hedonism provides the ________ A
necessary for learning and behavior
to occur.
a. motivation
b. cognition
c. emotion
d. knowledge
The philosophical belief called C
________ claims that people learn in
order to seek pleasure and to avoid
pain.
a. associationism
b. empiricism
c. hedonism
d. utilitarianism
, Based on recent research regarding D
the ability to forecast emotional
reactions to major events, people
tend to ________.
a. be accurate judges of the
emotional impact of future events
b. underestimate the emotional
impact of negative events but not
positive events
c. underestimate the emotional
impact of positive events but not
negative events
d. overestimate the emotional
impact of both negative and
positive events
When a new mobile is first hung C
over baby Jessica's crib, she looks at
it frequently, but after several weeks
pass she hardly notices it. Jessica
has become ________ to the mobile.
a. classically conditioned
b. operantly conditioned
c. habituated
d. counterconditioned
The idea that, in time, you can get A
used to almost anything is
associated with which learning
mechanism?
a. habituation
b. classical conditioning
c. operant conditioning
d. respondent conditioning
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Terms in this set (102)
Behaviorists believe that personality A
differences can be entirely
explained by ________.
a. learning
b. behavioral traits
c. phenomenological processes
d. IQ
The attempt to determine how D
behavior is connected to the
environment is called ________.
a. behavioral linking
b. empiricism
c. associationism
d. functional analysis
Which of the following is NOT a C
philosophical underpinning of
behaviorism?
a. associationism
b. empiricism
c. existentialism
d. hedonism
,The basic idea behind empiricism is C
that ________.
a. two things become linked
mentally if they are experienced
close together in time
b. the structure of the mind
determines our experience of
reality
c. everything we know is the result
of our experience
d. every large phenomenon can be
understood by breaking it down
into smaller components
Which philosophical idea explains A
the learning process?
a. associationism
b. empiricism
c. hedonism
d. utilitarianism
If a particular song frequently C
precedes your being touched by
your significant other, then
eventually hearing the song will
make you think of being touched by
him or her. This is the basic idea
behind ________.
a. reductionism
b. habituation
c. associationism
d. hedonism
,Utilitarianism, a social philosophy, D
claims that ________.
a. people learn in order to seek
pleasure and to avoid pain
b. behavior changes as a function of
experience
c. two things become mentally
connected into one if they are
repeatedly experienced close
together in time
d. the best society produces the
most happiness for the largest
number of people
Hedonism provides the ________ A
necessary for learning and behavior
to occur.
a. motivation
b. cognition
c. emotion
d. knowledge
The philosophical belief called C
________ claims that people learn in
order to seek pleasure and to avoid
pain.
a. associationism
b. empiricism
c. hedonism
d. utilitarianism
, Based on recent research regarding D
the ability to forecast emotional
reactions to major events, people
tend to ________.
a. be accurate judges of the
emotional impact of future events
b. underestimate the emotional
impact of negative events but not
positive events
c. underestimate the emotional
impact of positive events but not
negative events
d. overestimate the emotional
impact of both negative and
positive events
When a new mobile is first hung C
over baby Jessica's crib, she looks at
it frequently, but after several weeks
pass she hardly notices it. Jessica
has become ________ to the mobile.
a. classically conditioned
b. operantly conditioned
c. habituated
d. counterconditioned
The idea that, in time, you can get A
used to almost anything is
associated with which learning
mechanism?
a. habituation
b. classical conditioning
c. operant conditioning
d. respondent conditioning
