You just ordered a pizza from your favorite restaurant and can't wait for it to get here
As time passes, everything you hear sounds like a car driving by. What accounts for your "heightened" sense of hearing?
A) Signal-to-noise ratio
B) Just noticeable difference
C) Signal detection theory
D) The quiet environment you are waiting in
Answer: C
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Your neighbors are playing loud music late at night and it annoys you. You ask them to turn down the music and they do. The next time they play loud music, you call them even sooner. B. F. Skinner would say this happens because
a. your assertiveness is like a punishment. b. the noise was an unconditioned stimulus. c. the decreased noise negatively reinforced your assertiveness. d. the decreased noise positively reinforced your assertiveness.
Fatimah moves around her preschool classroom with a great deal of freedom, choosing the activities that she wants to do. Her teachers do not direct her or interrupt her choice of activities. Fatimah is likely attending __________.
A. Head Start B. university-based preschool C. state-funded pre-K D. Montessori preschool
Which hormone in males do some scientists speculate may lead to differences in male and female brain structure, and later variations in gender-related behavior?
A. serotonin B. dopamine C. androgen D. oxytocin
During a visit to New York City, Noah is approached by Steve Guttenburg, who asks Noah if will accept a free button from him. Noah agrees. Then Steve asks Noah if he would also like to donate $10 to the Forgotten 80s Actors Foundation. Steve has used the __________ technique to induce compliance.
A. door-in-the-face B. low-ball C. foot-in-the-door D. public-acceptance