Which researcher conducted groundbreaking experiments on operant conditioning using animals to investigate the application of positive reinforcement?
A. Carl Rogers
B. Ivan Pavlov
C. Abraham Maslow
D. B. F. Skinner
Answer: D
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If a college student agrees to participate in an experiment and then, after completing part of the work, drops out:
a. the student should be penalized in some way, such as lowering his grade in a college class b. the student should be required to provide another person to substitute for him c. nothing should be done because the student has the right to withdraw d. the student is legally committed to complete the project and should be informed of this fact
Five-year-old Todd watched his father at his workbench, hammering together a birdhouse. Soon Todd was next to his father, hammer in hand, tapping the workbench. Todd's behavior is best described by which perspective?
a. social-cognitive c. sociocultural b. behavioral d. neoanalytic
If you were to assign yourself a grade of B+, from a personality perspective you would be focusing on ________.
A. self-recognition B. self-concept C. self-consciousness D. self-esteem
Why do psychological terms or concepts need to be operationally defined?
A) To allow psychologists to conduct experiments on such concepts B) To prevent errors from occurring in an experiment C) To fuse psychological concepts with objective circumstances D) To understand a concept, you must first have a definition of that concept