Which of the following statements is true regarding primary reinforcers?
A. Primary reinforcers are learned by association.
B. Primary reinforcers often satisfy psychological needs.
C. Food, water, and sex are primary reinforcers.
D. Money, grades, and peer approval are primary reinforcers.
C. Food, water, and sex are primary reinforcers.
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The pituitary is stimulated to produce hormones by the:
A. brainstem B. ovaries or testes C. hormone kisspeptin D. cerebral cortex
When what we learned on Monday interferes with our ability to recall what we learned the following Tuesday, we speak of ____________
a. proactive interference b. retroactive interference c. overlearning d. the training effect
Systematic desensitization is based on
a. counterconditioning. b. operant conditioning. c. stimulus generalization. d. spontaneous recovery.
In lever-pressing training with rats, once habituation and feeder training have taken
place, a. a single lever press, followed by food, may be followed by additional presses in quick succession. b. it is critical to extinguish all orienting responses before lever-pressing training occurs. c. it will usually be necessary to wait for at least one hour before the first lever press occurs. d. the usual pattern is for several lever presses to occur, with long waits between each, before lever pressing becomes more regular. e. food will need to be presented several times before the first lever press occurs.