Researchers typically select samples from an accessible population and generalize observations made with those samples to the target population of interest.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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B. F. Skinner punished rats for bar pressing by having the bar slap their paws each time they pressed it for food. Based on the results of this study, what did he conclude? a. Punishment produces no long-term effects on a learned behavior
b. Weaker punishments are more effective than intense punishments. c. Punishment produces no effect at first, but suppresses a learned behavior later. d. Punishment is more effective than reinforcement in changing behavior.
According to the recommendations for eliminating treatment discrimination in the workplace,
a. affirmative action should not be emphasized because it actually works against gender-fair treatment. b. diversity training workshops may have an influence on people's attitudes, but not on their behavior. c. managers who are evaluating a female employee should ask themselves how they would evaluate her if she were a male employee. d. managers should emphasize comparable worth with respect to promotion, but not annual salary.
Research with college students indicates that writing essays on any topic is as effective as writing about personal problems to improve physical and mental health
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Which of the following is most closely related to the idea of latent learning?
a. Freud’s ideas about the role of the unconscious b. The distinction between learning and performance c. The relationship between motivation and emotion d. Gestalt principles of perceptual organization