Suppose that an experiment involves having neonates listen to tape recordings of their own mothers reading a story to them while they are sucking on a pacifier. At one point, the mother's voice is changed to the voice of a stranger

Researchers look to see if the sucking pattern changes when the voice change occurs. The method used in this study is best considered to be an example of:
a. the classical conditioning method
b. the correlational method
c. the habituation method
d. the method of overextension


c

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Mike loves Q-Mart and shops there often. One day, another customer asked Mike if he knows where turkey basters are in the store. Mike immediately gives directions to the exact aisle, even though he has never looked for turkey basters himself. Mike has displayed ____.?

a. ?insight b. ?vicarious experience c. ?latent learning d. ?the rectangular bias

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Eysenck's early study of the effectiveness of psychotherapy showed that

a. humanistic therapy was more effective than cognitive-behavior therapy. b. psychoanalysis was the least effective of the therapies that he studied. c. rational-emotive therapy was the most effective of the cognitive-behavior therapies. d. none of the therapies studied were especiallyeffective compared to custodial treatment by itself. e. all of the different therapies were equally effective.

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Which of the following statements is true about genotypes?

A) They are directly observable characteristics. B) They always pair up in the same way across the DNA ladder rungs. C) They are rodlike structures in the cell nucleus that transmit genetic information. D) They are a complex blend of genetic information that influences all our unique characteristics.

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