Compared to formal concepts learned in science and math, natural concepts tend to be __________

a) easier to learn.
b) very clear and well defined.
c) fuzzy with unclear boundaries.
d) good fits with a rigid classification system.


c Explanation: Natural concepts tend to be fuzzy with unclear boundaries. (Pages 222-223,
Conceptual

Psychology

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The flat appearance of the cumulative record in Exercise 31, when bar pressing during extinction consistently produced a mild electric shock, was due to the fact that

a. punishment and extinction are equivalent. b. the repeated occurrence of the mild punisher eliminated the extinction burst. c. punishment tends to tire the subject. d. the punisher suppressed responding for a few minutes each time it occurred

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Margaret's piano recital is this Friday. She has been working on it all semester. This is an example of

a. ambient stress. c. acute stress. b. cultural stress. d. chronic stress.

Psychology

Which of the following individuals is using conventional moral reasoning?

a) Chen decides the death penalty is wrong because the additional taking of a life does not make up for the initial loss of a life. b) Saroya feels she should clean her mother's apartment because it pleases her mother when she does so. c) Jubal considers it wrong to talk badly about another person when they are not present because they might find out. d) During the war Jacob moved to Canada because he is a Buddhist and does not believe it is right to end the life of any living creature.

Psychology

Modern psychotherapy developed primarily from the theories and ideas of __________

a. Carl Jung b. Sigmund Freud c. Max Wertheimer d. Phil McGraw

Psychology