EDUC 500 Quiz 3
1.A reinforcer that allows a student to escape from an unpleasant situation is called a(n):
negative reinforcer
2.Central to the concept of agency is ______________, or the process whereby individuals
activate and sustain behaviors, cognitions, and affects, which are systematically oriented
toward the attainment of goals.
Self-regulation
3.Miller and Dollard (1941) proposed an elaborate theory of imitation or ___________,
which contends that imitation is instrumental learned behavior because it leads to
reinforcement.
Matched-dependent behavior
4.Albert Bandura described human behavior within a framework or triadic reciprocity, or
reciprocal interactions among _______________.
Behaviors, environmental variables and personal factors
5.Which of the following reinforcement procedures would be most appropriate for the
classroom?
Give immediate reinforcement when a desired behavior is observed
6.In classical conditioning, the object or event that automatically elicits a behavior before
the conditioning takes place is referred to as the
unconditioned stimulus.
7.A key assumption of social cognitive theory is that people desire “to control the events
that after their lives” and to perceive themselves as ____________.”
Agents
8.The Premack Principle links less-desired activities to:
enjoyable activities
9.The three basic categories of secondary reinforcers are:
social, activity, and token
