According to B. F. Skinner, language is acquired as the baby babbles and parents reinforce those sounds that are most like words. This is an example of
What will be an ideal response?
operant conditioning.
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Which experimental group will feel most socially connected?
a. a group of three people who rocked in rocking chairs in unison b. a group of three people who rocked in rocking chairs together, but at different paces c. a group of three people who sat in different types of chairs d. a group of ten people who are geographically dispersed
The human tendency for rapid, pervasive social categorization is most in line with the idea of ____
a. the representativeness heuristic b. the cognitive miser c. the "tend and befriend" instinct d. self-regulation
Mike hits one of his classmates and is instructed by his teacher to sit on the periphery of the group and observe the appropriate behavior of the other children. Then he is invited to return to the group once he indicates that he understands how to play cooperatively. Finally, he is reinforced for the correct behavior. This form of discipline is called:
a. shaping b. a contingent observation procedure c. a token economy d. classical conditioning
The stage of sleep marked by the production of very slow delta waves is ________ sleep
a. REM b. Stage 1 c. Stage 2 d. Stage 4 e. Stage 6