In which type of associative learning are the consequences the most important aspect for the learning to take place?
a. classical conditioning
b. operant conditioning
c. insight learning
d. respondent learning
B
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Why is it that the brain of an adolescent becomes capable of processing information more efficiently than the brain of a child?
a. Because the brain has grown to its adult size by the time puberty occurs b. Because synaptic pruning and myelination are nearly complete by adolescence c. Because not all of the cerebral lobes were "active" before puberty, but they are all working in adolescence d. Because the corpus callosum atrophies and disappears during adolescence
For some reason, Carla becomes anxious when she smells the aftershave "Old Spice" but not other brands of aftershave. What is the reason for this difference?
A. generalization B. spontaneous recovery C. discrimination D. extinction
B.F. Skinner is most clearly linked with:
a. the structuralist view in psychology b. the behaviorist view in psychology c. the psychoanalytic view in psychology d. the nativist view in psychology
Regarding the set point, fat cells, and obesity, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Radical diets can raise the set point for fat, resulting in diet-induced obesity. b. Your leptin levels are partly under genetic control. c. When your body goes below its set point, you will not feel hungry and will eat less. d. Leptin is released from fat cells and tells your brain that you need to eat less.