Behavior is Rad(ical)

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Behavior is Rad(ical) Quiz

Test your knowledge of radical behaviorism and the foundational principles of behavior analysis in this engaging quiz. Designed for students, teachers, and everyone interested in the psychological sciences, this quiz will challenge your understanding of key concepts, figures, and theories.

  • 10 thought-provoking questions
  • Explore the differences between radical and methodological behaviorism
  • Challenge your grasp of important historical figures like Skinner and Watson
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Radical behavioral and behavior analysis are the same thing.
True
False
The difference between radical and methodological behaviorism is…
There is no difference
Methodological behaviorism involves constructing logical domains that a scientist can use to draw conclusions about a person’s behavior
Radical behaviorism considers the verbal behavior of the scientist to be no different than verbal behavior.
Both B and C
Skinner’s approach to developing theories included all of the following steps EXCEPT:
Identifying basic data
Identifying intervening variables
Derive concepts from relations in data
Describe relations in data
John B. Watson was a pioneer in the field of psychology who championed the theory of…
S-R responding
S-O-R Responding
Operationism
Radical Behaviorism
A hypothetical construct is best defined as…
A way to explain events in relation to other, simpler events, theories, constructs, etc.
A mentalistic summary of established relationships in science
Another term for S-R responding
An event that may be true on the basic of existing evidence, but is not observed
In S-O-R behaviorism, the O stands for…
Oops! Mentalism is back.
Mental processes
Operant Condition
Intervening Organism
According to the material in Radical Behaviorism (Johnston, 2014) and what we’ve detailed here, the role physiology plays in behavior…
Is all of the below
S an incomplete picture; scientifically proven relationships between an organism and environment stand on their own.
Cannot, alone, be used to explain the behavior of an organism
Can be considered a part of the environmental contingencies influencing an organism's behavior
A similarity between radical and methodological behaviorism is…
Both were championed by BF Skinner
Both consider “private events” behavior
Both involve measuring observable processes
Both view the behavior of the scientist as no different than other behavior
Radical behaviorism is...
A way of looking at behavior that sets the verbal behavior of the scientist apart from the verbal behavior of others
The scientific study of behavior
A philosophy of the study of behavior
An evolution of ideas presented by Skinner in Verbal Behavior (1957)
Operationism can be defined as…
A behavioral event explained terms of the antecedent stimuli that resulted in that response
A focus on events that may be true on the basis of existing evidence, but are not observed
A focus on defining mental events in operations so that they might be measured
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