Negative reinforcement and punishment ______.
A. cause a behavior to decrease
B. are the same
C. cause a behavior to increase
D. none of these are correct
D. none of these are correct
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Research has demonstrated that when shown a card with a cat on one side and a dog on another side, three-year-olds seemed to correctly understand that when a researcher held the card so that the child saw the dog, the researcher must be seeing a cat. This indicates that children may not be as _____ as Piaget suggested
a. animated b. schema-driven c. logical d. egocentric
A researcher asks a participant in an interview to indicate the number of calories she consumes in a day. After she answers the question, the researcher explains, "Wow, you really eat a lot!" After that exclamation, she gives very low estimate for how much she eats. This illustration is an example of ______.
A. response set pitfall B. sampling error C. interviewer bias D. selection bias
The most devastating emotional effects of childhood sexual abuse occur when ____
a. the child is less than five years old c. the abuser is someone the victim trusts b. the abuse is recurrent d. there is aggression by the abuser
Lila doesn't like her psychology class because the instructor uses unannounced pop exams to test the class. As a result, she never knows when she will be tested. Her instructor is testing her on a __________ schedule
a) fixed-ratio b) fixed-interval c) variable-ratio d) variable-interval