Author Question: Skinner proposed that our cognitive processes act as mediators between stimulus and response. ... (Read 95 times)

scienceeasy · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Skinner proposed that our cognitive processes act as mediators between stimulus and response.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 2

Bandura believes that we have trouble regulating our own behavior when it comes to visualizing or imagining consequences if we have not experienced them ourselves.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Brummell1998 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: F
FEEDBACK: No direct link exists between stimulus and response or between behavior and reinforcer, as Skinner proposed. Instead, our cognitive processes mediate between the two.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: F
FEEDBACK: We can regulate and guide our behavior by visualizing or imagining the consequences of the behaviors we observe, even though we have not experienced them ourselves. Unlike Skinner, Bandura believed that cognitive processes can influence observational learning.