Match the description that best matches the term.(3 points)

Question

1. social cognition
2. reciprocal determinism
3. a pure behaviorist
4. Operant conditioning
5. extinction
6. B.F. Skinner
7. Skinner box
8. Alfred Bandura
9. education
10. Reinforcing stimulus

a. A cage used to test theories of operant conditioning
b. When behavior is followed by a consequence, and when the nature of the consequence determines the likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future
c. When an a behavior that is not reinforced begins to disappear
d. The idea that the world and a person's behavior cause each other.
e. A stimulus that strengthens or weakens that behavior that produced it
f. Theorist whose system is based on the theories of operant conditioning
g. He believed that we developed our personalities by watching and imitating others
h. When development occurs through direct reinforcement of behavior and observational learning
i. The work of Skinner is prominent in this setting.
j. Seeing no need for personality structure, and focusing solely on behavior in order to understand personality

Answer 1

Here are the terms matched with their corresponding descriptions:

1. social cognition - h. When development occurs through direct reinforcement of behavior and observational learning
2. reciprocal determinism - d. The idea that the world and a person's behavior cause each other.
3. a pure behaviorist - j. Seeing no need for personality structure, and focusing solely on behavior in order to understand personality
4. Operant conditioning - b. When behavior is followed by a consequence, and when the nature of the consequence determines the likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future
5. extinction - c. When a behavior that is not reinforced begins to disappear
6. B.F. Skinner - f. Theorist whose system is based on the theories of operant conditioning
7. Skinner box - a. A cage used to test theories of operant conditioning
8. Alfred Bandura - g. He believed that we developed our personalities by watching and imitating others
9. education - i. The work of Skinner is prominent in this setting.
10. Reinforcing stimulus - e. A stimulus that strengthens or weakens that behavior that produced it