Which of the following people is on a variable-ratio schedule of reinforcement?
a. Phillip, who is playing a slot machine at a casino
b. Colette, whose teacher uses pop quizzes
c. Jim, whose professor schedules three exams for the semester, one for every five weeks
d. Elissa, who receives a monthly performance evaluation
e. Angela, who receives compensation for every student she recruits for her college
a
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a. Somatic nervous system b. Celiac nervous system c. Sympathetic nervous system d. Parasympathetic nervous system
In an experiment that combined both physiological and behavioral approaches to the study of decision making, PFC activity was recorded while participants accepted or rejected proposals to split a sum of money ($10). PFC activation was
a. greatest for accepted offers. b. greatest for rejected offers. c. the same for accepted and rejected offers. d. dependent on how much money the responder was offered.
Baby Erica met her grandfather's big dog for the first time. She immediately cried and tried to move away from the dog. Erica is most likely
a newborn. three months old. six months old. nine months old.
Pavlov presented a sound followed by meat in his experiments. Gradually, the sound came to elicit salivation. The salivation to the meat in this experiment was the ____.
A. unconditioned stimulus B. unconditioned response C. conditioned stimulus D. conditioned response