An experimenter finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he sees a picture of a nude female. The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then presents such a picture. The experimenter repeats this procedure until the man responds with an increased heartbeat to the sound of the buzzer alone. In this situation, the CONDITIONED response is the __________.
A. increased heartbeat
B. female's picture
C. sound of the buzzer
D. viewing of the picture
Answer: A
You might also like to view...
Rosch found that participants respond more rapidly in a same-different task when presented with "good" examples of colors such as "red" and "green" than when they are presented with "poor" examples such as "pink" or "light green." The result of this experiment was interpreted as supporting the approach to categorization
a. exemplar b. prototype c. network d. parallel processing
Which psychiatrist has experimented with the use of brain scans, such as the fMRI, to detect lying?
a. Stanley Schachter b. Richard Lazarus c. Paul Ekman d. Daniel Langleben
The definition of applied psychology is
a. the use of psychological principles to solve practical problems. b. the use of humanistic methods to solve practical problems. c. applying psychoanalytic theories to real-world issues. d. using classic behaviorism with consumers.
An advantage of open ended questions is that
a. You must categorize apriori b. You cannot decide your statistical analysis in advance c. They are easier to code d. It is more likely that the questionnaire will discover something unanticipated