Children are asked, "How many capital letters of the alphabet have a flat straight line?" It is expected that the winner of this question will be a
a. girl because girls have superior computational skills.
b. girl because girls are superior at language skills.
c. boy because boys' aggression intimidates girls.
d. boy because boys are superior at visual imagery skills.
D
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Alfred Kinsey believed that __________.
A. sexual orientation was an either/or situation B. sexual orientation existed on a continuum C. sexual orientation was too sensitive to be studied D. premarital sex was fundamentally destructive to society
A psychologist who studied the relationship between sociocultural factors and mental disorders would be most likely to study __________.
A. parenting style and self-schemas B. poverty and racial discrimination C. peer rejection and attributional style D. assimilation and accommodation
A farmer always uses the same squeaky wheelbarrow to carry feed out to his sheep. When he does this, the sheep head for the feed trough in anticipation. In this example, noise of the wheelbarrow would be a(n):
A. unconditioned stimulus B. unconditioned response C. conditioned stimulus D. conditioned response
Which of the following is NOT true concerning sensory extinction?
a. it is used when the reinforcer for the behavior is social b. it is used when the reinforcer involves sensory stimulation c. it involves changing or eliminating sensory stimulation d. it has been used with children with autism and developmental disabilities