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Learning and Behavior Change
Review Questions for Exam 1 (Chapters 1, 2, 3)
Chapter 1
Know the historical background that led to modern behavior theories
-Aristotle: Empiricism and Laws of Association
-Descartes: Mind-body dualism and the Reflex
-The British Empiricists
-Structuralism
-Functionalism
-Behaviorism
Compare and contrast the 5 schools of behaviorism
-Watson’s Methodological Behaviorism
-Hull’s Neobehaviorism
-Tolman’s Cognitive Behaviorism
-Bandura’s Social Learning Theory
-Skinner’s Radical Behaviorism
Know the definitions of the following terms:
-applied behavior analysis
-cognitive map
-countercontrol
-introspection
-latent learning
-law of contiguity
-law of contrast
-law of frequency
-law of parsimony
-law of similarity
-nativism
-reciprocal determinism
Chapter 2
Know the differences between independent and dependent variables (be able to give
examples)
Describe different recording methods
Know the different types of research designs (descriptive research and experimental
research)
-ABAB design
-multiple baseline across behaviors design
-multiple baseline across individuals design
-multiple baseline across situations design
-changing criterion design
What are the advantages and disadvantages to using animals in research?
Know the definitions to the following terms:
