When an animal trainer teaches a porpoise to jump out of the water and through a fiery hoop by reinforcing each of the smaller behaviors required to do the jump, the learning that takes place is known as __________

a. animal husbandry
b. instinct
c. shaping
d. survival of the fittest


Answer: C

Psychology

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The __________ enjoys inflicting pain, while the __________ desires pain and degradation.

A. masochist; sadist B. voyeur; sadist C. sadist; masochist D. sadist; voyeur

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After her husband is arrested for alcohol-fueled domestic violence, Rachel finds herself wondering how her co-workers will perceive her Monday morning. She wonders if they will judge her as being a bad wife or a weak woman and she prepares herself for the shame she believes is inevitable. Rachel's thought processes correspond to Cooley's ____

a. internal and external locus of control b. looking-glass self c. duplex mind d. independent and interdependent self-construal

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A group of stimuli having the same functional effect on a certain behavior are said to belong to a stimulus:

a. group b. class c. category d. contingency

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Which is a recommended comprehension strategy?

a. predict c. summarize b. question d. all of the above

Psychology