If you would like to train a dog to follow you ("heel") when you take a walk, you could reward the dog with small food treats for staying near you. If you praise the dog each time you give it a treat, praise will become a(n) __________ reinforcer
a. primary
b. secondary
c. unconditional
d. latent
B
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Why can someone predict the grades for first-year physics graduate students better from their Graduate Record Exam (GRE) verbal scores than from their GRE quantitative scores?
a. GRE verbal scores have higher reliability than GRE quantitative scores. b. Almost everyone gets higher verbal scores than quantitative scores on the GRE. c. The first year of grad school deals more with reading than math, even for physics students. d. Physics grad students have more variation in their verbal scores than quantitative scores.
Fiona puts her hands into a sink of lukewarm water; Luke puts his hands into a sink of ice-cold water. Based on what is known about neural transmission, you could predict that the action potentials will
a. travel more quickly in Luke's system because the stimulus is more intense. b. be weaker in Fiona's system because the stimulus is less intense. c. be the same in both individuals due to the all-or-none principle. d. travel a shorter distance in Luke's system because the stimulus is more intense.
Random assignment of participants is used exclusively in the _____ method
a. experimental b. quasi-experimental c. correlational d. case study
Laura recently applied for a new job at a funeral home and also has recurring fantasies of sex with a female corpse. Laura is a: a. Necrophiliac
b. Frotteur. c. Voyeur. d. Nymphomaniac.