Which one of the following terms best illustrates an operational definition?
a. punishment -- harsh or injurious treatment for an offense
b. learning -- acquiring knowledge or skill
c. thirst -- eighteen hours without access to water
d. anxiety -- state of being uneasy, apprehensive or, worried
c
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It is difficult to observe significant correlation between the GRE score and graduate school GPA among elite graduate students because of
a. range restriction. b. the elite syndrome. c. unreliability in the GRE. d. shrinkage.
Mrs. Collora teaches social studies to junior high school students. Two boys in her class often loudly make jokes about the material being discussed. She has tried several techniques without success: (1) ignoring them; (2) encouraging and rewarding them for contributing to the class discussion; (3) removing their opportunities to participate in field trips; and (4) requiring them each to write an
essay on proper behavior. In the order presented, list the operant conditioning principles she has applied to the situation. a. ?extinction, positive reinforcement, negative punishment, positive punishment b. ?positive punishment, positive reinforcement, extinction, negative punishment c. ?negative punishment, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, extinction d. ?extinction, positive reinforcement, positive punishment, negative punishment
Kohlberg studied moral reasoning through the use of:
A. moral dilemmas B. conservation tasks C. telephone surveys D. observations of parent-adolescent interactions
As most adolescents grow, their thinking changes from concrete operations to ______
a. formal operations c. intimate operations b. sensory operations d. moratorium thinking