Each time Baby Masha sucks on her bottle, she receives a sweet-tasting liquid. When baby Masha sucks on a pacifier, she is met with a sour taste, which causes her to purse her lips and stop sucking entirely. The sour taste is a(n)
A) unconditioned response.
B) conditioned response.
C) reinforcer.
D) punisher.
D
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When Ann went to her doctor, he gave her a hearing test. During the test, the doctor presented tones to Ann through earphones. The tones started at a low intensity and then became louder. The doctor asked Ann to raise her hand whenever she heard a sound. The doctor was testing Ann's __________.
A. auditory stimulus convergence B. auditory absolute threshold C. auditory sensory threshold D. auditory difference threshold
If we look at the correlation between college admissions test scores and subsequent performance in college for all admitted applicants, we are likely to
a. underestimate the degree of correlation between test score and potential performance. b. overestimate the relationship. c. do quite a good job of estimating the relationship if our sample is sufficiently large. d. not know much more than when we began.
Fifteen-month-old Latisha enjoys playing with her pet kitten at home, whom she calls "kit-cat." At the park, she runs over to a group of ducks and excitedly shouts out "kit-cat;" she then runs over to a woman walking her dog and points to the dog shouting out "kit-cat." Latisha's verbalizations illustrate ____.
A. overextension B. telegraphic speech C. expressive language style D. receptive vocabulary
Which of the following would NOT be helpful in reducing one's shyness?
a. asking open-ended questions of others b. confronting unproductive beliefs c. rationalizing one's inaction d. practicing social skills and increasing animation in conversations