The person who developed the paired-associate learning technique for studying memory was:
a. Helen Thompson Wooley
b. Ruth Howard
c. Christine Ladd-Franklin
d. Mary Whiton Calkins
D
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A) different and unrelated personality factors. B) the endpoints of a single personality factor. C) different and related personality factors. D) Eysenck's two-factor model of personality.
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a) He demonstrated that animals could learn if they were food deprived for long periods. b) The animals learned to avoid the punishment of the electrical grid that he placed at the bottom of the box in very creative ways. c) Over time, the animals became more proficient at getting out of the puzzle box, thus demonstrating learning or what he called the law of effect. d) The use of punishment demonstrated that even reluctant animals were capable of changing their behavior in ways that were contrary to evolution.
Jane Goodall, the anthropologist, spent nearly 50 years in Africa observing the behavior of chimpanzees. Which of the following methods did Goodall employ?
a. Archival research b. Case study c. Naturalistic observation d. Cross-sectional research