In a classic study, a group of rats learned to run through a maze to obtain food, and another group of rats explored the maze without receiving food. Some time later, the researcher compared the two groups of rats to determine if both groups would find the food at the end of the maze. According to the researcher, the untrained rats found the food at the end of the maze as quickly as the trained rats as a result of
A. latent learning
B. observational learning
C. avoidance learning
D. counterconditioning
E. aversive conditioning
A. latent learning
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a. set point b. reaction range c. body mass index d. obesity quotient
Christopher is 4 months old. He prefers to be held by his mother or father rather than relatives or people he's never met. In terms of attachment, in which of Ainsworth's phases is Christopher?
a. Absolute-attachment phase b. Initial-preattachment phase c. Attachment-in-the-making phase d. Clear-cut-attachment phase
Andrew tends to view the behavior of others in gross units, whereas Angela tends to break others' behavior down into fine units. Angela is more likely than Andrew to
a. pay more attention to the behavior. b. detect more meaningful actions. c. remember more details about the behavior. d. form a more positive impression of an actor.
Which one of the following is not a good reason to employ a factorial design? To
a. save time by investigating more than one variable b. rule out more than one rival hypothesis c. determine the correlation between two or more variables d. investigate a possible interaction between two or more independent variables