What is Behavior?

Question 1

Organism’s interaction with environment; actions

Answer 1

behavior

Question 2

___ relations include measurable impacts which consist of the organism and its environment

Answer 2

functional

Question 3

Behavior is linked with ___

Answer 3

biology

Question 4

Why we behave applies across what general concepts?

Answer 4

individual, levels (analysis), and contexts

Question 5

Why we behave is the ___, and not proximal cause; it is the underlying details that include why they did it and what influences it

Answer 5

ultimate

Question 6

Selection by consequences; first of the several core characteristics;
Applies at multiple levels and helps us to understand why we behave

Answer 6

selectionism

Question 7

What’s worked in the past will most likely work in the ___

Answer 7

future

Question 8

Accumulation of events

Answer 8

cumulative

Question 9

Looking in the past; future hasn’t happened yet so it can’t b/c of now

Answer 9

historical

Question 10

how population genetic material changes across time:
- people with more genetic material will survive better; reproduce more
- population of species/ level of species
- over many generations
- what behaviors we come pre-prepared to display; environmental events/ stimuli (reflexes)

Answer 10

natural selection

Question 11

how individual organism’s behavior changes throughout life/ experiences:
- differential consequences
- individual
- their lifetime (stops when person dies)
- experiences might shape behavior

Answer 11

operant selection

Question 12

how cultural practices change throughout existence of culture/ society:
- differential teaching (i.e. models, rules, beliefs, etc.)
- the culture
- generations of culture
- encourage values

Answer 12

cultural selection

Question 13

Behavior is lawful

Answer 13

determinism

Question 14

Behavior is lawful if it’s a ___ event with ___ causes

Answer 14

physical

Question 15

____ variables controversy with determinism

Answer 15

controlling

Question 16

alternatives with determinism is that it’s not ___ or governed by systematic principles

Answer 16

lawful

Question 17

Misconceptions of determinism are ___ and complete ___

Answer 17

predestination; predictability

Question 18

Determinism is essential to change ___ ___ for the better

Answer 18

human behavior

Question 19

truth = workability; truer explanations work better; practicality

Answer 19

pragmatism

Question 20

Pragmatism needs ___ and ___ to work

Answer 20

Prediction and influence

Question 21

Measurable and manipulable; has to improve prediction and influence, and can be tested. This means that it is ___

Answer 21

Pragmatic

Question 22

Non-pragmatic explanations to avoid:
___ of behavior and causes with no ___ dimensions beyond behavior

Answer 22

Descriptions/ summaries; physical

Question 23

Going back to same “reason” and reaching no solution; just a back and forth conversation

Answer 23

Circular reasoning

Question 24

Perspective and philosophy guiding

Answer 24

Radical behaviorism

Question 25

Driving force of radical behaviorism

Answer 25

Selectionism

Question 26

In radical behaviorism, this is assumed and has physical event with physical causes

Answer 26

Determinism

Question 27

In radical behaviorism, exerts strong influence and explanations are more useful; Avoid intervening constructs/ descriptions of behavior as causes

Answer 27

Pragmatism

Question 28

All ___ of all organisms is the inside scope

Answer 28

Behavior

Question 29

Skinner defined radical behavior as ___, not science

Answer 29

Philosophy

Question 30

What is the norm of Skinner’s radical behaviorism?

Answer 30

Misrepresentation of behaviorism

Question 31

Focusing on behavior in its own right means focusing on behavior as ___ interest; behavior is the primary measure

Answer 31

Dependent