A person is approached by a panhandler who smells like beer and slurs their speech. As a result, the person walks to the other side of the road and believes that the panhandler is an alcoholic. When the person sees other panhandlers they assume they are also alcoholics. This is an example of ______.
A. stimulus generalization
B. transposition
C. behavioral contrast
D. transfixed creation
A. stimulus generalization
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Anya has always been a shy, inhibited child. She doesn't participate much in school, and comes across as passive and withdrawn. Likely, she feels a sense of
a. industry. b. agency. c. competence. d. inertia.
Appearing to think as other members of a group, but secretly disagreeing is known as what?
A. private conformity B. informational social influence C. public conformity D. injunctive norms
Who established the first psychological laboratory in 1879?
a. Sigmund Freud b. John Locke c. William James d. Wilhelm Wundt
Extrinsic reinforcers are defined as reinforcers that ________
a. are not inherently related to the activity being reinforced. b. are inherently related to the activity being reinforced. c. are related to the satisfaction of accomplishing a task. d. are related to the inherent enjoyment of a particular task.