A person who takes up smoking after seeing his or her friends do the same has acquired smoking behavior through which one of these categories of learning?
A. Operant conditioning
B. Insight learning
C. Classical conditioning
D. Observational learning
Answer: D
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a. potassium ions entering the cell b. sodium ions entering the cell c. chloride ions entering the cell d. chloride ions leaving the cell
In an experiment, researchers exposed half the children to 2 hours of violence on television every day for a month and made sure the other half saw no violence on television at all. At the end of the month, they measured the aggressiveness in the children. The fact that the researchers arranged for some children to watch violence on television and for others to not do so is an example of:
A) matched pairs. B) matched samples. C) correlation. D) manipulation.
What is NOT one of the conditions Grisso et al., 1987 say should be present to question the competency of a juvenile?
A. A prior diagnosis or treatment for a mental illness or mental retardation B. An age of 12 years or younger C. A history of mental illness in one or both parents D. A lower level of intellectual functioning or a recorded learning disability
Why are the chemical senses called the primitive senses?
a) We do not know how these senses operate. b) The psychophysics involved are simple in comparison to other senses. c) Compared to humans, other animals rely heavily on chemical senses for survival. d) The parts of the brain responsible for these senses constitute a very tiny and poorly developed part of the brain.