Anita is an author who submits short poems to magazines. She never knows for sure which poems will be selected for publication, but the more poems she submits, the more likely she is to have a poem accepted. Based on what is known about schedules of reinforcement, you should conclude that Anita's submission of poems is being reinforced based on a:
a. variable-ratio schedule
b. fixed-ratio schedule
c. fixed-interval schedule
d. variable-interval schedule
A
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A. his sense of autonomy B. the personal fable C. the period of rebellion common to all adolescents D. his developing sense of conscience
Maslow called the intensification of experiences felt with emotions such as wonder and awe ____
a. clues of possible psychopathology? b. ?objective expressions c. ?a spiritual encounter d. ?a peak experience e. ?None of the choices are correct.
Based on current research, the text's author concluded that nonegocentric perspective-taking skills appear
a. suddenly for girls but gradually for boys. b. gradually beginning in the preoperational stage. c. suddenly during the stage of concrete operations. d. to require persistent tutoring by parents or teachers.
The large band of axons that links the two cerebral hemispheres is called the
a. central association cortex. b. medial forebrain bundle. c. corpus callosum. d. cingulate gyrus. e. central fissure.