Harry spent his summer in the city panhandling. Every day he would sit on the sidewalk, put a cardboard sign in front of him that said, "Please help," and place his hat on the sidewalk upside down. Then he would wait. Every now and then someone would put money into his hat. Harry's reinforcement schedule is best described as a _________
a. fixed ratio schedule
b. variable ratio schedule
c. fixed interval schedule
d. variable time schedule
D
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What will be an ideal response?
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a) Hallucinations. b) Delusions. c) Poverty of speech. d) Incoherence.
Which of the following problems would a child in the concrete operational period be most likely to solve incorrectly?
a. chemical combinations problem b. conservation of liquid quantity problem c. class inclusion problem d. three-mountains problem
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a. external causes to both our own behavior and other people's behavior. b. internal causes to both our own behavior and other people's behavior. c. internal causes to our own behavior and external causes to other people's behavior. d. external causes to our own behavior and internal causes to other people's behavior.