Theories of Personality 9th Edition

Chapter 16 Skinner: Behavioral Analysis 467 conditioning (also called Skinnerian conditioning), a behavior is made more likely t ...

468 Part VI Learning-Cognitive Theories a rat does not generalize to fear of a block; and fourth, fear of a furry white rat can ...

Chapter 16 Skinner: Behavioral Analysis 469 (B) of dressing himself. This response must be within the boy’s reper- toire and mus ...

470 Part VI Learning-Cognitive Theories by a group she has neither seen nor heard but one she has been told is similar to her fa ...

Chapter 16 Skinner: Behavioral Analysis 471 differs from positive reinforcement in that it requires the removal of an aversive c ...

472 Part VI Learning-Cognitive Theories A third outcome of punishment is the spread of its effects. Any stimulus associated with ...

Chapter 16 Skinner: Behavioral Analysis 473 reinforcement value. Behavior can be shaped and responses learned with general- ized ...

474 Part VI Learning-Cognitive Theories For humans, playing slot machines is an example of a variable-ratio schedule. The machin ...

Chapter 16 Skinner: Behavioral Analysis 475 Extinction Once learned, responses can be lost for at least four reasons. First, the ...

476 Part VI Learning-Cognitive Theories however, “it is all a matter of natural selection, since operant conditioning is an evol ...

Chapter 16 Skinner: Behavioral Analysis 477 practices that have survived, just as selection plays a key role in humans’ evolu- t ...

478 Part VI Learning-Cognitive Theories event transpired “within the skin” of the worker. This private event, along with her ver ...

Chapter 16 Skinner: Behavioral Analysis 479 she feels a physical condition within the body and labels it an “intention.” What ar ...

480 Part VI Learning-Cognitive Theories answered this problem by comparing creative behavior with natural selection in evolution ...

Chapter 16 Skinner: Behavioral Analysis 481 act out sexual fantasies and to actually inflict damage on an enemy are two behavior ...

482 Part VI Learning-Cognitive Theories Like Erich Fromm, each of us is controlled by a variety of social forces and techniques, ...

Chapter 16 Skinner: Behavioral Analysis 483 would use in controlling someone else’s behavior, and ultimately these variables lie ...

484 Part VI Learning-Cognitive Theories Inappropriate Behaviors Inappropriate behaviors follow from self-defeating techniques of ...

Chapter 16 Skinner: Behavioral Analysis 485 Behavior therapists have developed a variety of techniques over the years, most base ...

486 Part VI Learning-Cognitive Theories were allowed two puffs immediately after doing the desired behavior. If the stimulant si ...