In an experiment, a buzzer sounds and then a puff of air hits the participant's eye, leading to a blink. Eventually, the participant blinks as soon as he hears the buzzer. The buzzer is the:
a. stimulus control.
b. conditioned stimulus.
c. unconditioned stimulus.
d. higher order stimulus.
B.
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A measure that does not yield consistent scores and does not measure what it is supposed to measure is ____
a. both valid and reliable b. neither valid nor reliable c. valid but not reliable d. reliable but not valid
______ processing is to questions about typeface as ______ processing is to questions about sentence completion.
A. Deep; shallow B. Iconic; echoic C. Shallow; deep D. Echoic; iconic
A patient in a mental hospital continually acts in accord with his delusion that space invaders are threatening him. When staff members pay attention to this delusion, it increases in frequency
What is the best technique to reduce the delusion and replace it with appropriate talk? a) Extinguish the delusion by ignoring it. b) Reinforce rational speech by paying attention to it. c) Ask the patient to explain the history of the delusion. d) Ignore the delusion and pay attention to rational speech.
What is at the core of cybernetics?
a. negative feedback b. circular causality c. linear feedback d. the feedback loop