Who first demonstrated that reward had a stronger effect than punishment??

a. ?Pavlov
b. ?Watson
c. ?Thorndike
d. ?Tolman
e. ?Skinner


c

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a. receptor sites c. synaptic vesicles b. terminal buttons d. transmitter sites

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Most of the Supreme Court decisions that provided more explicit rights for suspects and defendants occurred

A. during the 1950s. B. during the 1960s. C. during the 1970s. D. during the 1980s.

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A. Sit up very straight in his chair B. Frequently use "um" and "uh" C. Add more detail to his story D. Avoid eye contact

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Apart from its effect on the study of attitude change, describe how the advent of Festinger's cognitive dissonance theory impacted our understanding of conditioning. What type of conditioning is most impacted by cognitive dissonance findings?

In which model (conditioning or dissonance) is cognition viewed as a non-observable cause of behavior (and why is that important)? Describe the differing predictions the two approaches would make for Festinger's experiment, referring in detail to aspects of the induced-compliance "$1/$20" paradigm.

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