When Bobby is hungry, tired, and thirsty, he resolves this by getting food, water, and sleep. These are examples of _____
A) primary reinforcement
B) secondary reinforcement
Incorrect. Secondary reinforcers are those whose value must be learned, or acquired. The reinforcers in this example are things that are naturally rewarding on their own.
C) intermittent reinforcement
D) partial reinforcement
Answer: A
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The chapter on physical health included a graph that showed the gender comparisons in life expectancy. According to this graph,
a. the US data show much greater gender differences for Black individuals than for White individuals. b. the Canadian data show much greater gender differences than the United States. c. both men and women in Canada have much greater longevity than men and women in the United States. d. both the US data and the Canadian data show somewhat greater life expectancy for women than for men.
Some researchers suggest that male aggression may be a compensatory mechanism to offset the conflict produced by a young male's identification with a care provider and his initiation into adulthood as a male. In this model, aggressiveness is viewed as "gender marking" behavior
a) True b) False
In neurons, efferent is to as afferent is to
a. sensory; motor b. motor; sensory c. motor; interneuron d. interneuron; sensory e. sensory; interneuron
According to the theory of ________, characteristics that assist animals in attracting mates or competing for mates with those of their own sex are favored and passed on to offspring
A) biparental care B) natural selection C) sexual selection D) selection pressure