It is Halloween night. The trick-or-treaters know that if the porch light is on at a house, they will get candy if they knock on the door and say "Trick-or-Treat.". If the light is off, they know that there will be no reward waiting for them. The trick-or- treaters' behavior is determined by the date (Halloween night) and if a light is on or off. This illustrates the operant principle of
a. shaping.
b. stimulus control.
c. time-out.
d. reciprocal inhibition.
B
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"Changes associated with activation of emotions" is the definition of
a. effortful control. c. extraversion. b. emotional self-regulation. d. biological sensitivity to context.
Which of the following is not one of the types of motivations discussed by your textbook?
a. Conscious motivations b. Unconventional motivations c. Preconscious motivations d. Contraconscious motivations
"My enemy's enemy is my friend" is an example of a
A) contradiction in terms. B) fuzzy trace. C) heuristic. D) cognitive conflict.
18. Which of the following is true of physiological measures?
a. EEG-ERP has higher (more sensitive) spatial resolution than PET. b. FMRI has higher (more sensitive) temporal resolution than EEG-ERP. c. FMRI has higher (more sensitive) spatial resolution than EEG-ERP. d. PET has lower (less sensitive) spatial resolution than EEG-ERP.