Cattell Proposed That the Experimental and Quantitative Phase of the Study

question 48

Multiple Choice

Cattell proposed that the experimental and quantitative phase of the study of personality was preceeded by

• A) Intuitive insights expressed through literature
• B) Clinically oriented theories supported by some experimental work
• C) Both A & B
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

Shaping

The process of reinforcing successively closer approximations to a desired behavior, used in behavioral training and conditioning.

Delayed Reinforcement

A technique in behavior modification that involves a time delay between the desired response of an organism and the delivery of reward.

Classical Conditioning

An educational approach where two stimuli are persistently paired; the response, initially the result of the second stimulus, eventually becomes the result of the first stimulus alone.

Operant Conditioning

A process of learning in which the dynamics of behavior are adjusted by assigning incentives or penalties.