A teenager angry with his parents might dream of accidentally wrecking their car instead of directly attacking them. According to Freud, this could be an example of
a. condensation.
b. displacement.
c. compensation.
d. secondary elaboration.
B
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In research with two-month-old infants, you would probably find they prefer
a. a clown's face to a printed word. c. a red balloon to a green balloon. b. colored lines to a smiley face. d. criss-cross lines to a doll face.
Psychology is best defined as the scientific study of
a. the mind and consciousness. b. the mental processes of individuals. c. mental disorders and abnormal behavior. d. the behavior of individuals and their mental processes.
Positive reinforcement tends to __________ the probability of a response. Negative reinforcement tends to __________ the probability of a response
a) increase; increase b) increase; decrease c) decrease; decrease d) decrease; increase
According to the matching law, in a two-choice experiment, the subject will ______.
A. prefer ratio schedules over interval schedules of reinforcement B. respond at higher levels to a FR 30 and a VR 30 schedule of reinforcement C. show greater resistance to extinction following an FI schedule relative to a VI schedule D. allocate its responding in proportion to the level of reinforcement available on each of the two schedules