Which researcher believed that human behavior could be best understood in terms of how rewards and punishments exert an influence on people's actions?
a. Charles Darwin
b. Mary Ainsworth
c. Lev Vygotsky
d. B. F. Skinner
d
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Which of the following is not a motivation for prosecutors to offer a plea bargain?
A. The victim's wishes B. The strength or weakness of the evidence C. The fact that prosecutors are paid more when they take a case through trial D. Public interest in the case
While riding through the countryside one day, you happen to come upon a curious sight -- a chick following a group of ducklings and a mother duck. What could have happened to produce this strange sight?
a. It is probably just an accident. b. The mother duck was the first moving object the chick saw after being hatched. c. The chick is probably a genetic accident in which instinctual tendencies are modified. d. The mother hen rejected her chick.
According to the text when we make attributions, our attention tends to be focused on
a) our behavior and characteristics. b) the situation in which we find ourselves. c) the situation in which the behavior occurs. d) the behavior and characteristics of the actor.
Twenty-month-old Jessie rejects offers of help at meal time and insists on serving herself, just like the rest of her family. She behaves the same way in her child care setting, insisting on putting on and trying to zip her jacket on her own
Based on this behavior, it is likely that Jessie a. was a "difficult" infant b. has not yet developed secondary emotions c. would show self-recognition in the rouge test d. is a "spoiled" child who has been indulged too much by her parents