Unit 7

Question 1

Agent of behavior

Answer 1

Entity to which cause is assigned

Question 2

Agents of behavior can be (2)

Answer 2

1) Animate
2) Inanimate

Question 3

Trait

Answer 3

Stable response pattern over time

Question 4

Trait: Examples (3)

Answer 4

1) Conscientious
2) Agreeableness
3) Tenacity

Question 5

State

Answer 5

Prevailing momentary condition

Question 6

State: Examples (4)

Answer 6

1) Tranquility
2) Anger
3) Fear
4) Compassion

Question 7

Psychological agent of behavior

Answer 7

Construct that describes past behavioral histories

Question 8

Hunger = food deprivation:

Example of…

Answer 8

Psychological agent of behavior

Question 9

Excess

Answer 9

Observe functional relations and assign hypothetical entities

Question 10

Self-awareness:

Behavior-analytic description

Answer 10

Tacting the stimuli that affect one’s own responding

Question 11

Self-control:

Reinforcement

Answer 11

Delayed reinforcer instead of impulsively accessing a reinforcer

Question 12

Self-control:

Punishment

Answer 12

Immediate less aversive punisher instead of delaying punishment

Question 13

Self-management

Answer 13

Arrange environment to respond more effectively

Question 14

Self-reinforcement:

Behavior-analytic description

Answer 14

Scheduling one’s own contact with appetitive stimuli

Question 15

In self-reinforcement, responding undergoes

Answer 15

Conditioning

Question 16

Private event

Answer 16

Environmental event that can only be observed by the organism itself

Question 17

Conceptual analysis

Answer 17

Internal events identical to external counterparts

Question 18

Respondent imagining

Answer 18

Stimulus features of the original object elicit imagining

Question 19

Operant imagining

Answer 19

Imagining is a function of its consequences

Question 20

Aspects of private events (2)

Answer 20

1) The private event
2) Verbal report of the event

Question 21

Describing private events prereqs:

Collateral behavior

Answer 21

Reinforce collateral behavior associated with private event

Question 22

Describing private events prereqs:

Our behavior through others

Answer 22

Match others’ descriptions of our private events with the event

Question 23

Describing private events prereqs:

Verbal response

Answer 23

Engage in verbal response in the presence of private stimuli

Question 24

Describing private events prereqs:

Generalization

Answer 24

Public stimuli generalize to private events