Operant conditioning is important because it is adaptive to:
a. be able to learn about consequences of behavior without direct experience
b. learn to ignore events that are of little long-term significance
c. learn about the consequences of behavioral responses
d. learn what events in the environment signal
C
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Nadia studies patients who have trouble speaking after damage to the left frontal lobe. She wants to determine how functions are impaired by damage in this area. Nadia will likely perform ____
a. ?lesion analysis b. ?objective personality tests c. ?RAS scans. d. ?the Korsakoff battery
How can a dog be trained to salivate when a bell is sounded?
a. Have a bell in the room where the animal is fed. b. Pair the sound of the bell with the delivery of food. c. Praise the dog after it is fed. d. None of these.
Franz was formerly institutionalized for schizophrenia but now lives in a halfway house
He has a room there and receives outpatient care in addition to working half-days at a local thrift shop. Franz's situation is a good example of a. deinstitutionalization. b. relocation programs. c. independence fostering. d. post-schizophrenic role-playing. e. graduated release.