The Premack principle asserts that a low probability activity can extinguish a high probability activity.

a. true
b. false


Answer: b. false

Psychology

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A. classical conditioning. B. operant conditioning. C. extinction. D. shaping.

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Sexual scripts can be thought of as:

a. unacceptable behaviors b. individual creations c. genetic blueprints d. learned programs

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Becky presents a vivacious, bubbly personality when she is out with acquaintances but a more serious, subdued self when alone. Respectively, these two selves are called _______ and ________.*

a. personality 1; personality 2 b. private self; public self c. public self; private self d. outward self; inward self

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What percentage of the U.S. population uses cocaine?

a. 0.5% b. 1% c. 2% d. 5%

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