Trowbridge and Cason asked students to draw lines of a certain length for thousands of trials. Some students were given no feedback, some were told "right" or "wrong" after each trial (right-wrong feedback), and some were told exactly how far off they were after each trial (how-much feedback). According to a behaviorist interpretation of Thorndike's law of effect, which group(s) should perform
the best?
a. right-wrong feedback group and how-much feedback group should both show the same improvement because both are given rewards and punishments but the no feedback group should not improve
b. all groups should improve equally because all get equal amounts of practice
c. the how-much feedback group should perform best because it gets more detailed information
d. the theory does not make a prediction
A
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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a. is appropriate only for special linear solutions. b. only addresses domain-related needs. c. relies on means-ends analysis to determine one's progress. d. requires several steps.