A doctor who developed a new diet based on eating the same foods over-and-over again would be capitalizing on the phenomenon known as:
a. operant conditioning
b. classical conditioning
c. orienting
d. habituation
D
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A researcher obtains a negative value for chi-square statistic. What can you conclude because the value is negative?
a. The observed frequencies are consistently larger than the expected frequencies. b. The expected frequencies are consistently larger than the observed frequencies. c. There are large differences between the observed and expected frequencies. d. The researcher made a mistake; the value of chi-square cannot be negative.
Dr. Gauche likes to make fun of student comments in class. She finds that every time she does this, students make fewer comments the rest of the class period. Apparently, Dr. Gauche's jokes are ____ the students for talking in class
a. punishing b. negatively reinforcing c. positively reinforcing d. imitating
Who is MOST likely to have overdeveloped association areas in the somatosensory cortex corresponding to the thumb and forefinger?
A) a concert pianist B) a typist C) a quilter D) a guitarist
What term describes behaving in a particular way because someone of higher status has ordered you to do so?
A. conformity B. obedience C. compliance D. explicit expectation