Professor Jay likes to give pop quizzes in his psychology class. He noticed years ago when he first started teaching that after every exam, attendance fell off and the number of students coming to his office decreased. He decided to discontinue regularly scheduled exams in order to keep students learning at a continuous rate. This concept he learned from research on:
A. variable interval schedules
B. fixed interval schedules
C. variable ratio schedules
D. fixed ratio schedules
B. fixed interval schedules
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a. the ipsilateral side b. the contralateral side c. the left hemisphere d. It depends on whether the individual is dominant for audition in the right or the left hemisphere
The postmodern identity is stable across contexts and over each developmental period
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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a) an adolescent who is clinically depressed. b) an adolescent who is already dieting. c) an adolescent who matured later than her peers. d) an adolescent who desires control and success.
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A. serotonin B. dopamine C. androgen D. oxytocin