When nursing home residents were able to assume more responsibility for their routine all of the following happened EXCEPT
a. residents were more alert.
b. residents were happier than the controls
c. residents' lifespans were positively affected.
d. residents' lifespans were negatively affected.
e. residents were more active.
d. residents' lifespans were negatively affected.
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Meaningful evaluations are based on comparing oneself with people who are
a. experts in the area of comparison. b. more advanced, but not experts, in the area of comparison. c. of similar backgrounds and abilities. d. strangers.
Responding under a VI schedule of reinforcement
a. will be slower than that on a VR schedule of reinforcement when the rates of reinforcement on the two schedules are equated. b. resembles that on an FI schedule of reinforcement. Following the reinforcer there is a period of no responding, followed by a rapid rise in responding. c. is usually sporadic (now fast, now slow) rather than steady. d. shows the same short pause immediately after reinforcement that an FR schedule produces.
Children with Williams syndrome are characterized by ____
a. good language abilities despite low overall intelligence b. loss of language abilities at approximately four years of age c. problems creating grammatical sentences d. a specific impairment of vocabulary
In 2003, the Supreme Court decided two cases concerning the University of Michigan's affirmative action policies. Which of the following best describes the outcome of the cases?
A. Both the law school's and the undergraduate school's policies were deemed unconstitutional. B. The law school's policy was upheld, the undergraduate school's policy was deemed unconstitutional. C. The law school's policy was deemed unconstitutional, the undergraduate school's policy was upheld. D. Both the law school's and the undergraduate school's policy were upheld.