To learn to look both ways before crossing the street, children merely need to hear about the consequences of getting hit by a car (instead of having to experience it themselves). This is an example of ____.?
a. ?shaping
b. ?insight
c. ?vicarious conditioning
d. ?escape learning
ANSWER:
c
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a. supervisor b. mentor c. vocational partner d. reality shock buffer
Blood pressure tends to be temporarily higher when people ____
a. are Type B personalities b. respond to stressors physiologically c. are depressed and guilt-ridden d. talk about their anger after cooling down
In the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of short-term memory, the concept called "control processes"
a. emphasizes iconic memory. b. emphasizes information that is presented too quickly to be remembered. c. is a strategy that helps you remember items more accurately. d. is a strategy that involves vision, instead of hearing.
The per capita alcohol consumption decline of the 1980s was due to a reduction in use of __________
a. beer b. wine c. hard liquor d. all of these e. wine and hard liquor only