At the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., a polar bear suffered a broken tooth, and keepers needed a safe way of treating the problem. The bear was rewarded first for sticking its nose through a slot in the cage door, then for allowing a keeper to lift its lip and touch its teeth. Finally, a veterinarian was able to treat the damaged tooth while the bear waited placidly for its familiar reward. This is an example of __________.
A. modeling
B. shaping
C. negative reinforcement
D. secondary learning
Answer: B
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During adolescence, false self-behaviors are most common among
a. those who are most confident about who they are. b. those who are least confident about their self-concept. c. ethnic minorities. d. delinquents.
You are held spellbound by the account in the newspaper of a man who risked his own life to save a little boy from a burning building, even though he was not related to the little boy. Social psychologists would say that the man demonstrated
a. demand characteristics. b. altruism. c. reciprocal altruism. d. in-group bias.
Using the neodissociation theory of hypnosis, which of the following explains how Shawn was able to be successfully hypnotized?
a) Shawn had an unconscious desire to undergo hypnosis. b) Shawn's executive function control was weakened. c) Shawn experienced a split in his planning and monitoring functions. d) Shawn had a high level of expectation for the hypnosis to work.
Most psychologists agree that psychology, as a science, was born in ________
a. 1879 b. 1921 c. 1909 d. 1891