According to the article Yoking Smokingabout operant conditioning, shaping is the process used to
(a) fix poor quality research designs
(b) teach a rat to make its first bar-press response
(c) the way research data are put together for presentation
(d) how a dog learns to associate the sound of a bell with food presentation
B
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Dr. Martin uses systematic desensitization to help persons overcome phobias, cognitive restructuring to help alleviate the symptoms of depression, and free association to help people gain insight into their unconscious. Dr. Martin takes a(n) _____ approach to psychotherapy.
A) psychodynamic B) eclectic C) cognitive D) behavioural
The research of _____, in which the maze performance of rats was measured before and after brain surgery, was a forerunner of today's behavioural neuroscience.
A) E. O. Wilson B) B. F. Skinner C) Karl Lashley D) Sir Frederic Bartlett
The definition of a group includes _____ or more people who define themselves as such and who are so identified by at least one other person
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
Jaiden comes from a wealthy family, but he can't resist the overpowering urges he has to shoplift things of relatively small value—things he could certainly afford to buy. A therapist using the categorical diagnostic model would most likely diagnose Jaiden with _____.
a. schizoid personality disorder b. pyromania c. disinhibition d. kleptomania