BFSkinner Demonstrated That Organisms Tend to Repeat Responses That Are

question 47

Multiple Choice

B.F.Skinner demonstrated that organisms tend to repeat responses that are followed by favourable consequences.What did Skinner call these favourable consequences

• A) bribes
• B) reinforcement 
• C) rewards
• D) unconditioned stimuli

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Definitions:

Biologically Adaptive

Traits or behaviors that have evolved to help an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

Blank Slate

The idea that individuals are born without built-in mental content, and all knowledge comes from experience or perception, also known as tabula rasa.

Nativists

Proponents of the theory that certain skills or abilities are innate and not acquired through learning or experience.

Inborn Characteristics

Traits or features present from birth, often considered to be genetically inherited or biologically determined.