Teaching assistants are paid a meager sum of money once a month, whether they work hard or not. This type of payment plan demonstrates a ____ reinforcement schedule.?
a. ?fixed-ratio
b. ?fixed-interval
c. ?variable-ratio
d. ?variable-interval
ANSWER:
b
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a. is most likely to occur when an individual feels personally responsible for the outcome of a traumatic event. b. is more prevalent among men versus women. c. is observed among military personnel, but not the general citizenry. d. often occurs three to six months after a soldier's return rather than immediately afterward.
The distinguishing element of rational emotive behavior therapy is its
a. empirical approach. b. belief substitution. c. emotional focus. d. confrontational method.
Most people have some concept of what intelligence is. Psychologists, on the other hand,
a. have a precise definition for intelligence. b. have no precise definition of intelligence but have one precise measurement tool that assesses intelligence. c. agree that intelligence is accurately measured by the standardized tests employed today. d. cannot agree on a single definition of intelligence.
When researchers studied whether or not dreaming occurs in non-REM sleep, they found that:
a. it does, but the dreams are shorter and less vivid than in REM sleep. b. it does, but the dreams are longer and more fantastical than in REM sleep. c. it does not, unless the person has been chronically sleep deprived. d. it does not, unless the person is a patient with a severed corpus callosum.