In explaining how a rat learns to navigate a maze to get food, behaviorists would be extremely unlikely to include which of these phrases in their accounts?
a. "the rat knows"
b. "the rat runs"
c. "reinforcement strengthens"
d. "stimulus-response connection"
Answer: c
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a. differential reinforcement. b. systematic desensitization. c. in vivo exposure. d. flooding therapy.
Free-floating anxiety can take the form of _______.
a. moral anxiety b. objective anxiety c. both of the above d. neither of the above
Which of the following statements has research supported with regard to androgynous people?
a) They have a greater likelihood of having a non-heterosexual orientation. b) They have greater difficulties in adolescence as a result of peer teasing. c) They have a greater level of behavior flexibility. d) They are socially inept because they cannot relate effectively to people of their own or the opposite sex.
Sleep deprivation has been found to interfere with
a. the ability to perform physical tasks. b. the ability to react to stressful situations. c. language abilities. d. the ability to perform tasks that require concentration. e. speech abilities.