Sandy's favorite activity is to go to Las Vegas and play the slot machines. Her gambling behavior is being reinforced on a _______ schedule
a. fixed-ratio
b. fixed-interval
c. variable-ratio
d. variable-interval
c
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Which would best fit with the theory that differential treatment by parents negatively influences math skills in a child through the creation of self-fulfilling prophecy?
a. Math-talented parents tend to encourage their children to do well in math. b. Math-untalented parents tend to discourage their children from doing well in math. c. Parents attribute their daughter's math success to luck and not ability so the daughter becomes convinced that she is not good at math but rather gets lucky on math tests sometimes. d. Son's math performance is not good (and his parents tell him so), but he decides to take more math to challenge himself.
Cassandra just turned 3 years old. If she is questioned about her gender, she is most likely:
a. to still be confused about whether she is a boy or a girl b. to recognize that she is a girl and be aware that she will always be a girl c. to show evidence of acting in accordance with well-established gender roles d. to recognize that she is a girl and give some stereotyped responses about general characteristics of girls
Maslow's term for an emotional experience in which one's place in a unified universe becomes clear and meaningful is:
a. internal locus b. peak experience c. self-efficacy d. inner congruence
Japanese can be written in two ways: One way uses symbols to represent speech sounds, much like the English language. The other way uses pictographs to represent ideas, much like the Chinese language. Japanese individuals with Broca's aphasia demonstrate great difficulty understanding:
A) symbols representing speech sounds. B) pictographs. C) both forms of the language. D) neither form, although their production of speech is greatly impaired.