Which one of the following techniques is employed by almost all animal trainers to teach complex tasks?
A. Generalization
B. Shaping
C. Habituation
D. Discrimination
Answer: B
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Nina works as a counselor at a summer camp while on break from pursuing her psychology degree. She asks her campers to lie in a field, look at the clouds, and tell her what they see. Nina is replicating which type of psychology test?
A. Predictive B. Objective C. Projective D. Dynamic
Between the17th and 19th centuries, supernatural explanations for psychological disorders began to give way to two scientific approaches: ____
a. functionalism and behaviorism b. a cognitive model and a behavioral model c. a medical model and a psychological model d. psychodynamic theory and humanism
Vygotsky saw private speech in toddlers as a sign of cognitive maturity
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
If a person is on a VR-4 schedule, he or she will receive a reinforcer
a. on a continuous schedule. b. on an average of every fourth response. c. after making exactly four correct responses. d. four times for every correct response.