Skinner's term for voluntary, spontaneous behavior is: a. ...

[jake]

Skinner's term for voluntary, spontaneous behavior is:
 
  a. respondent behavior.
  c. fixed behavior.
  b. operant behavior.
  d. extinguishable behavior.

Question 2

Skinner believed that respondent behavior:
 
  a. produces a change in the organism's environment.
  b. must occur before reinforcement can occur.
  c. is emitted in the absence of a stimulus.
  d. does not account for all human behavior.

[Swizqar]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: To Skinner, respondent behavior was less important than operant behavior. Operant behavior is the behavior emitted spontaneously or voluntarily that operates on the environment to change it.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
FEEDBACK: To Skinner, respondent behavior was less important than operant behavior. We are conditioned to respond directly to many stimuli in our environment, but not all behavior can be accounted for in this way. Much human behavior appears to be spontaneous and cannot be traced directly to a specific stimulus. Such behavior is emitted rather than elicited by a stimulus.