A dog owner trained her dog to come upon command by first saying the dog's name, and then the command "come.". Over time she added a whistle to accompany these two elements. Eventually she would just whistle and the dog would respond. This may be explained by which of Thorndike's laws?
a. law of multiple response
b. law of set
c. law of prepotency of elements
d. law of associative shifting
D
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You are about to give a speech to a group of 100 people. Your ____ division is especially active as you notice butterflies in your stomach, a dry mouth, and sweaty palms.
A. sympathetic B. parasympathetic C. parietal lobe D. cerebellum
In psychological studies, randomization is used to ensure that
a. there will be an independent and dependent variable. b. each person has an equal chance of being assigned to each group. c. the control group does not know the purpose of the study. d. the experimenter won't know who is in each group.
Which one of the Big Five typically decreases by age 40?
a. agreeableness b. extroversion c. openness to experience d. neuroticism
How does behavior modification work for addictions, such as an addiction to alcohol?
What will be an ideal response?