An organism learns a relationship between two stimuli, such that the occurrence of one stimulus predicts the occurrence of another. This explanation is characteristic of:
A. stimulus-substitution theory
B. cognitive perspective
C. prediction theory
D. generalization theory
Answer: B
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a. have good predictive validity for academic performance b. are valid for differentiating fluid and crystallized intelligence c. have high validity for predicting creativity d. are not valid because they are seriously racially biased
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a. monoamine oxidase; phenothiazines c. benzodiazepines; phenothiazines b. benzodiazepines; tricyclics d. lithium carbonates; benzodiazepines
Based on the notion that there seems to be a genetic component involved in homosexuality, and that homosexual participants in one study had more homosexual male relatives on their mother's side of the family,
researchers suspect that sexual orientation is determined by __________ a) genes on the X chromosome contributed by the mother. b) genes on the Y chromosome contributed by the mother. c) genes on the X chromosome contributed by the father. d) genes on the Y chromosome contributed by the father.