Chris has placed rats in an uncomfortably small cage. When they press the red lever, a door opens and they have access to a larger cage. This is an example of:

Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

positive punishment.
negative punishment.
positive reinforcement.
negative reinforcement.


negative reinforcement.

Psychology

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The knowledge that one is receiving treatment can result in improvement of the condition that occurs above and beyond the actual treatment itself. What is the name given to this phenomenon?

A. Natural improvement B. The placebo effect C. Self-fulfilling prophecy D. Memory reconstruction E. Nonresistance

Psychology

Tolman viewed behavior as:

a. purposive b. having emotional contexts c. endproduct of reductionism d. mechanistic

Psychology

______ is often used as a defense mechanism when people feel trapped and utterly helpless

a. Displacement c. Intellectualization b. Sublimation Identification

Psychology

Recall that Latané and Darley observed the number of participants in each condition who left their cubicles to help the alleged victim of a seizure. The ________ was the dependent variable in their experiment

a. severity of the seizure b. number of participants who tried to intervene c. number of other discussants d. number of personal problems reported by participants

Psychology