You have a painful headache and so you take an aspirin to eliminate the pain. The aspirin works and now you are free of your headache. Taking the aspirin is an example of a:
a. negative reinforcer—it increases the chance of taking aspirin again the next time you have a headache
b. negative reinforcer—it decreases the chance of taking aspirin again the next time you have a headache
c. positive reinforcer—it increases the chance of taking aspirin again the next time you have a headache
d. positive reinforcer—it decreases the chance of taking aspirin again the next time you have a headache
A
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A. prefer male to female doctors, and conceal more information from their doctors B. conceal more information from their doctors, but show no preference for male over female doctors C. prefer male to female doctors, but disclose as much information to their doctors as women do D. show no preference for male over female doctors, and disclose as much information to their doctors as women do
When researchers' expectations about behavior lead to systematic errors in identifying and recording behavior, _________________ is a problem.
A. reactivity B. selective deposit C. observer bias D. data reduction
Concerning stimulus motives, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Stimulus motives express our needs for stimulation and information. b. Stimulus motives appear to be innate. c. Stimulus motives are not necessary for survival. d. Stimulus motives include the needs for security, approval, affiliation, and status.
Dr. Faulkner believes that directly observable events—stimuli and responses—are the appropriate focus of the study of development. Dr. Faulkner probably follows the __________ perspective of development
A) psychosexual B) psychosocial C) behaviorist D) cognitive-developmental