Graduate student Charisse Goldberg conducted operant conditioning trials with a laboratory rat. Goldberg trained the animal to press a lever to earn a food pellet. The rat successfully learned to press the lever. In the language of operant conditioning, what is the animal's learned response called?
a. a higher-order conditioned response
b. a vicariously learned response
c. a reconditioned response
d. a latent response
e. an operant response
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a. sleep restriction. b. the relaxation response. c. stimulus control. d. the paradoxical intention.
Jackson et al.'s finding that Internet access in the home improved the reading skills of economically disadvantaged urban youth who were academically lagging is explained how?
a. The youth felt more similar to their wealthier peers, lowering their stress level and improving their attention in school. b. The youth spent a lot of time on YouTube watching video content that inspired their imagination. c. The youth spent time online reading and searching for information. d. The youth were happier with Internet access and so they processed information, including school information, more accurately and completely.
Well-structured problems are to ____ as ill-structured problems are to ____.?
a. ?heuristics; algorithms b. ?natural concepts; formal concepts c. ?clear solutions; unclear solutions d. ?inductive reasoning; deductive reasoning
If I increase the volume on my stereo by 10 dB, from 60 dB to 70 dB, my family will probably perceive the loudness of the music as
A. 10 times louder than before. B. 100 times louder than before. C. 2 times louder than before. D. about the same as before.