In the original version of the Skinner box, rats earn food by _____ a _____; in a later version, pigeons earn a few seconds of access to food by ______ at an illuminated plastic disc known as _____ ______.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: Pressing; lever; pecking; response key.
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Sarah’s father is gravely ill; Sarah, however, does not respond emotionally. Rather, Sarah convinces herself that he is in a good hospital and that the doctors are doing everything they can. Sarah’s strategy for coping might be:
a. denial b. repression c. intellectualization d. displacement
If you believe that your teachers and their demands are causing you to be very tense, you should remember that you chose to take and remain in your classes. This interaction between you and your environment is described by Albert Bandura’s concept of ____
a. ?locus of control b. ?self-presentation c. ?cognitive dissonance d. ?reciprocal determinism
Who would probably develop as an intersex?
A. A genetic female exposed to more testosterone than normal during early development B. A genetic male exposed to more estradiol than normal during early development C. A genetic female deprived of her normal amount of estradiol during early development D. A genetic male exposed to a larger than normal amount of testosterone during early development
Most older adults can remember exactly when and where they heard of the attempted assassination of President Reagan in the early 1980s. Such so-called __________ memories, which occur when emotionally impactful events happen, are usually very detailed and vivid.
A. latent B. emotion-dependent C. state-dependent D. flashbulb