John Watson's Methodological Behaviorism

5. I answered A. When I read “each time he drives by that tree,” I thought it implied frequency. The right answer C, on page 7, states that it is the law of contiguity where events close together are associated together. Joseph associates driving past a tree with a previous car accident he saw. Since this is close, physical proximity, this is the law of contiguity.
8. I answered D because I associated observational learning with John Watson's methodological behaviorism. The right answer was C, on pages 28-29, which explains social learning theory. It explains that studying human behavior involves observational learning. I associated observable events to John Watson, which is where I got it mixed up.
21. I answered D because it made sense at the time. I did know that Pavlov's work was with dogs, but I
I answered A because the answer choices overwhelmed me. Three of the choices involved the brain, and so I assumed B couldn’t be the answer and that I had forgotten to read this in the text. The answer, B, on page 97, is in the discussion of the reflex arc. Although the pain messages get sent to the brain, the body already reacts to the pain without help from the brain.
33. I answered C. I settled on spontaneous recovery staying constant because I couldn't remember if it increased or decreased. The correct answer was A, found on page 137. According to the text, each recovery is weaker than the one before, which makes sense in real world application. For instance, if individuals grieved over their same loved one to the same extent each time, they could never move on.
34. I answered B. I knew the reacquisition of a response would be weaker, but I thought weaker meant slower, too. The correct answer was C, explained on page 137. The response can be reacquired quickly, although it may take a few pairings to do so. While the reacquisition is weaker, it is not slower. Since extinction does not completely extinguish conditioning effects, responses can be rapidly