Skinner maintained that reinforcement determines the acquisition of a response; Bandura maintains that reinforcement determines the_______of a response.

Related Mcqs:

1. B.F. Skinner emphasized the importance of______in language acquisition.

   A. heuristics
   B. algorithms
   C. reinforcement
   D. universal grammar

2. Research on avoidance learning suggests that a fear response is acquired through_________conditioning: the avoidance response is maintained as a result of______conditioning.

   A. classical; operant
   B. operant; classical
   C. classical; classical
   D. operant; operant

3. Which THREE of the following are true regarding habituation and dishabituation?
   1:Habituation involves a gradual reduction in the magnitude of the response to repeated presentation of the response of a stimulus
   2:In dishabituation, the response returns when a salient extraneous stimulus is presented just before a trial with the habituated stimulus
   3:Habituation is caused by sensory-motor fatigue
   4:Habituation occurs as a consequence of the repeated presentation of a single event

   A. 1,2 & 3
   B. 2,3 & 4
   C. 1,2 & 4
   D. 4

4. The_______of the many kinds of interactions among living beings is so all-embracing that special consideration of any one area is broad, both in scope and in context:

   A. Evaluation
   B. Study
   C. Relation
   D. Outcome

5. Behaviorists would say that self – defeating behaviors are maintained by immediate reinforcement in the form of:

   A. relief from anxiety
   B. defending the ego
   C. protecting one’s self – image
   D. avoiding existential anxiety

6. In_______-reinforcement, the reinforcer follows every correct response.

   A. intermittent
   B. partial
   C. negative
   D. continuous

7. According to Bandura, one is socialized by ___________?

   A. Punishment
   B. Observation
   C. Food
   D. None of these

8. According to Bandura, one is socialized by ___________?

   A. Punishment
   B. Observation
   C. Food
   D. None of these

9. According to Bandura and Walters, all of the following processes are involved in observational learning except __________________?

   A. attention process
   B. motivation process
   C. reproduction process
   D. chaining process

10. Always having been a good student, lrving is confident that he will do well in his psychology course. According to Bandura’s cognitive theory, lrving would be said to have:

    A. strong feelings of self-efficacy
    B. a sense of superiority
    C. strong feelings of self-esteem
    D. strong defense mechanisms