Which of the following is a practice that requires children to sit still in a designated place for a period of time in an effort to reduce undesired behaviors?
A. corporal punishment
B. time out
C. reinforcement
D. amae
Answer: B
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A nonexperimental research design must be used to study which of the following situations?
A. the extent to which changes in a dependent variable are caused by the manipulation of an independent variable B. an analysis of the words used in presidential speeches in times of war at different times in history C. the extent to which political affiliation (Republican, Democrat) is related to differences in one's concern for the economy D. an analysis of fruit intake among children who live in poverty prior to and following an initiative to improve the availability of fruits in impoverished communities
A television advertisement for beer shows young people at the beach drinking and having fun. Based on classical conditioning principles, the advertisers are hoping you will buy the beer because the commercial elicits:
a. a conditioned emotional response of pleasure. b. a conditioned emotional response of fear. c. humans' natural preparedness toward alcohol consumption. d. a taste aversion to other companies' beers.
The primacy effect in a serial position curve can be eliminated if
a. subjects rehearse all words equally often, suggesting that the primacy effect is caused by retrieval from STM. b. subjects rehearse all words equally often, suggesting that the primacy effect is caused by retrieval from LTM. c. subjects perform another task for 30 seconds, suggesting that the primacy effect is caused by retrieval from STM. d. subjects perform another task for 30 seconds, suggesting that the primacy effect is caused by retrieval from LTM.
A researcher finds that the difference between the means of the pretest and posttest is about .6 standard deviation units. How should this result be interpreted? The difference is a _____ one
a. nonsignificant c. moderate b. small d. large