Three friends are trying to stop their late night snacking habit. According to the text, who is most likely to succeed?
a. Ace decides he will just force himself to stop eating after dinner.
b. Keisha stops buying snacks so that nothing can tempt her at night.
c. Kyle will do two pushups for every snack he eats at night
d. All three friends will be equally successful
B.
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Six-year-old Nick's parents have been called to school repeatedly during the past two years for a variety of problems ranging from disobeying teachers to bullying classmates. Their position is that, like any other boy his age, Nick is testing the limits
Which of the following correlates to how school officials should respond if they take a developmental psychopathology perspective? a. All children test the limits, but the only way they become adults is to stop that testing. b. Although it is normal for children to test the limits, your son's limit testing is not appropriate for his age. c. We just want to make you aware of your son's behavior; we do expect that he will outgrow this stage soon. d. Testing the limits is a sign of a deeply rooted psychological disturbance that needs to be treated.
You are watching a rat pressing a lever in a Skinner box to obtain food pellets. The rat is pressing the lever at a very high rate and does not stop, even when a food pellet is delivered. In this example, the reinforcement schedule that is in place is MOST likely
a. a fixed-interval schedule. b. a variable-ratio schedule. c. a fixed-ratio schedule. d. a variable-interval schedule.
How did Gray characterize the relationship between psychology and philosophy?
a. There is no appreciable border between psychology and philosophy, as they are both focused on the same issues. b. The border between psychology and philosophy is well-established and broad, as they have little in common. c. Well beyond the border between psychology and philosophy are topics like esthetics, that are of interest to philosophers but not, in general, to psychologists. d. Although psychology and philosophy began as the same discipline, they are no longer related in any appreciable way.
Smoking accelerates declines in cardiovascular capacity ________
a) in early adulthood b) at any age c) in late adulthood d) in old age