Your friend's mother was always baking ginger-flavoured cookies whenever you were at her house. You loved those cookies, and would eat several each time you visited. One day, you noticed that you started to salivate as soon as you walked up the front steps to the house, before you even smelled the cookies. The reason for this is that the house has become a(n):
A) unconditioned response.
B) unconditioned stimulus.
C) conditioned response.
D) conditioned stimulus.
D) conditioned stimulus.
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a. Ashton-James and colleagues (2009) study of the influence of mood and culture on openness to novelty b. Greitemeyer and colleagues (2012) study of the influence of video games on aggression c. Milgram's (1963) studies of obedience to an authority telling participants to deliver electrical shocks to aconfederate d. Newcomb's (1961) study of interpersonal attraction in a highly structured dormitory setting
A kindergarten teacher wants to reduce the amount of aggressiveness children display in her class and on the playground. Using operant conditioning principles, the teacher should ____
a. use negative reinforcers to decrease the behavior b. pair aggressiveness with some pleasant stimulus c. eliminate the reinforcement associated with aggressiveness d. encourage the children to get the aggressiveness out of their systems
Jenny is not a particularly happy toddler. She is easily frightened, and seems to be easily irritated
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Erikson termed the conflicts one experiences between personal impulses and the social world
a. developmental milestones. b. psychosocial dilemmas. c. moral dilemmas. d. developmental tasks.