Which of the following is the best example of extinction?
A) You change to a different slot machine because the one that you've been playing doesn't pay very often.
B) You stop buying lottery tickets until the jackpot is greater than $10 million.
C) You stop buying lottery tickets after spending several hundred dollars and never winning.
D) You purchase mega bucks tickets instead of regular lottery tickets because the odds of winning are greater.
C
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a. ended his participation in household responsibilities. b. reawakened a prior psychosocial crisis. c. affected a reciprocal social role. d. prompted introjections of her spouse.
Jerry Falwell and his followers claim that the attack on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 occurred because the U.S. is "gay-friendly." In essence,
his controversial message is that the World Trade Center attacks occurred because the U.S. deserved it on some level. Jerry Falwell and his followers probably have a strong a. need to belong. b. stereotype threat. c. belief in a just world. d. egalitarian attitude.
In developmental research, cohort effects include all of the following EXCEPT
A. generation. B. era. C. age. D. time of birth.
Conception results in the immediate creation of a(n)
a. embryo. b. neonate. c. fetus. d. zygote.