Drivers tend to demonstrate safer driving behaviors when a police car is present. The fact that drivers do this implies that the police car has become a(n)
a. reinforcer.
b. discriminative stimulus.
c. punisher.
d. unconditioned stimulus.
B
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A) all-or-none B) rapid fire C) accidental patterned D) quick succession
The ________ of the sound wave refers to the complexity of the wave.
A. amplitude B. pitch C. purity D. wavelength
As the debate on epigenetics continues, the authors of your text offer a few key points to consider. Which of the following is one of those key points?
A. Genes dictate behavioral outcomes. B. Genetic factors make it a certainty that certain behaviors or disorders will develop. C. Multigenetic determinism affects psychological disorders. D. Genetic factors and environmental influence do not interact with each other in determining our vulnerability to a range of psychological disorders.
When a drug effect is greater at a specific blood level when the concentration in the blood is rising, compared to at that same blood level when the concentration in the blood is falling, this is called
a. physiological tolerance. b. metabolic tolerance. c. acute tolerance. d. dispositional tolerance. e. behavioral tolerance.