John Watson offered a live, white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind his head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. The white rat served as the ________ in his study

a. discriminative stimulus
b. counterconditioning stimulus
c. conditioned stimulus
d. unconditioned stimulus
e. extinguishing stimulus


c. conditioned stimulus

Psychology

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a. what is most important to study. b. what can be hypothesized about. c. how many times an issue should be studied. d. how an issue should be studied.

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Which of the following is true regarding the difference between a young child's and an adolescent's understanding of death?

a. Adolescents are more likely than younger children to think about the possibility of an afterlife. b. Adolescents are less likely than younger children to think about the abstract meaning of death. c. Adolescents are less likely than younger children to say that death was the result of cessation of biological processes. d. Adolescents are more likely than younger children to view death as just a biological ending of life.

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Which part of the body is responsible for the production of testosterone and estrogen?

A. the pituitary gland B. the hypothalamus C. the testes in males and the ovaries in females D. the adrenal gland

Psychology

About half of school-age children live with their nuclear family

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Psychology