According to Guthrie, practice improves the performance of a skill because it:

a. allows many specific S-R associations to be formed
b. allows insight to be gained
c. allows a cognitive map to be formed
d. strengthens the responses that lead to drive reduction


a. allows many specific S-R associations to be formed

Psychology

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Discuss defense mechanisms, including a description of these mental processes, the name of the psychiatrist who first identified them, how they can be harmful, and how they can be beneficial; and describe the two defense mechanisms that tend to have more of a positive quality than the other ones

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

You want to change the behavior of your roommate. You decide to reward his behaviors that you like and punish his behaviors that you do not like. You are using:

a. latent learning c. operant conditioning b. cognitive learning d. classical conditioning

Psychology

Research shows that heterogeneous groups are

A. better problem solvers than homogenous groups. B. worse problem solvers than homogenous groups. C. just as good at problem solving as homogenous groups. D. just as good at problem solving as homogenous groups, although they take longer.

Psychology