According to Skinner's terminology, behavior that acts on the environment and changes environmental conditions to the organism's advantage is ________ behavior.

a. respondent
b. reinforced
c. operant
d. reciprocally determined


Answer: c. operant

Psychology

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A. nativist approach B. learning theory approach C. universal grammar D. infant-directed speech

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What percentage of child abuse cases is estimated to be unreported?

a. 60-70% b. 50-60% c. 30-40% d. 10%

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Spence and Feng (2010) demonstrate that video games like Call of Duty may result in ______ in spatial cognition performance.

a. narrow benefits b. general deficits c. narrow deficits d. general benefits

Psychology

A projective test that requires children to make a story up based on a series of pictures is an effective measurement tool, upon seeing it , it is difficult to determine what is measure The test has:

A. low criterion validity B. low face validity C. low content validity D. low measurement validity

Psychology