A pigeon is reinforced for pecking a key whenever a particular tone is sounded but never reinforced if the tone is absent. Pigeons discriminating these conditions will:
A) not learn anything under these conditions.
B) key peck only when the tone turns off.
C) begin key pecking whenever the tone sounds and will continue to peck the key, even when it turns off.
D) key peck only in the presence of the tone sounding.
D) key peck only in the presence of the tone sounding.
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a. The personality being subject to little change after age five b. The existence of verbal "Freudian" slips c. The existence of the unconscious d. The defense mechanism of repression
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A. social cognition B. situational attribution C. how groupthink influences individual behavior D. the influence of person perception on behavior
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a. additive b. multiplicative c. interactional d. interdependent
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A. pursuing what they are guaranteed to be successful at B. comfort in being confrontational to achieve goals C. mastering of the environment and the enjoying of love, work, and play D. the ability to express negative emotions in all contexts