Young infants can be classically conditioned most easily when
A) they are sleeping or drowsy.
B) the association between two stimuli has survival value.
C) the stimuli presented involve pain.
D) the stimuli presented involve pleasure.
B
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Which statement is true? a. Estrogen is found only in females, and androgens are found only in males
b. Estrogen is found only in males, and androgens are found only in females. c. During puberty, estrogen and androgens are released at the same levels in adolescent males and females. d. During the early elementary school years, the pituitary gland releases androgens which initiates the growth of body hair.
According to Ambady, what was the shortest amount of time that subjects had to observe a teacher in order for their intuitive ratings to match the ratings of students who were in the teacher's class for the whole semester?
a. six seconds b. 90 seconds c. five minutes d. 10 minutes
The positive effects of secure attachment are so many and so rich that McDevitt and Ormond (2004) described secure attachment in terms of a
a. booster shot. b. security blanket. c. shield d. multivitamin.
Andersen and Bem (1981) conducted a variation of the getting-acquainted telephone study by Snyder, Elizabeth Tanke, and Berscheid (1977)
Andersen and Bem provided attractive and unattractive photos of men to women who interacted with men at the other end of a telephone. What would you expect happened when the women thought that the men with whom they were speaking were the men in the photos? a. The female participants did not fall prey to the self-fulfilling prophecy as did men in previous studies. b. The results were similar to studies in which men were provided the photos. c. The men on the other end did not change their behaviors in response to the women's differential treatment. d. Because the men controlled the conversations, the self-fulfilling prophecy did not occur.