Test Hints: Test 1 (Chapters 3 and 4)
There are 35 multiple choice questions drawn directly from the text nearly equally from both chapters.
There are four Short Answer Questions. You MUST answer these questions in order to pass the test. A successful answer will be complete. Points will be deducted for incomplete answers and for errors.
Here is a sample answer to the question, "Who was John Locke and why was he important to behavioral psychology."
John Locke was an British empiricist philosopher who coined the tabula rasa or blank slate metaphor. Locke's metaphor implied that the nurture side of the nature-nuture problem was more important. Later psychologists like John B. Watson believed strongly that behavior was primarily influenced by the environment.
Short Answer Hints:
Law of Effect
Hull's changes to his theory and why
Premack Effect
Partial Reinforcement Extinction Effect