The slot machines at a casino are ______.
a. on a continuous schedule of reinforcement
b. negatively reinforcing
c. a good example of behavioral momentum
d. on a noncontinuous schedule of reinforcement
Ans: D
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a. natural selection b. evolution c. adaptation d. schematic overload
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a. the amount of stressful life changes that activates a disorder b. the individual's predisposition to develop illness c. an individual's neurotransmitter imbalance d. a faulty schema the individual uses to understand the world