A researcher operationally defines helping behavior as the amount of time (in seconds) that participants volunteer for a local charity during one summer. To demonstrate construct validity, what must the researcher show?
What will be an ideal response?
The researcher must show that the operational definition is actually measuring helping behavior (the construct).
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A conditioned stimulus comes to evoke a response because it has been repeatedly paired with a(n)
a. unconditioned response. b. conditioned response. c. unconditioned stimulus. d. neutral stimulus.
Connie and Sue are identical twins reared apart and recently reunited. Carl and Fred are unrelated students at a major university. Which of the following statements is TRUE of these pairings?
a. Connie and Sue will probably show a long list of amazing similarities, while Carl and Fred will only share a couple of similarities. b. Connie and Sue will probably share many similarities; Carl and Fred may share many similarities but are probably not motivated enough to discover them. c. Connie and Sue will not share as many similarities as will Carl and Fred. d. Connie and Sue will have more differences than will Carl and Fred.
What is a formal definition of "operant"?
A. a contingent or noncontingent stimulus-induced response B. a behavior C. a discriminative stimulus D. a behavior under the control of a stimulus e. a class of behaviors with an equivalent effect on the environment
Every dataset will have a mode
Indicate whether the statement is true or false