In operant conditioning terms, all behavior boils down to reaction to what?
What will be an ideal response?
external reinforcers and/or punishers
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Who developed the concept of mental age and published the first successful test of intelligence?
A. Lewis Terman B. Charles Spearman C. Alfred Binet D. David Wechsler
Louise came home one night to find a burglar in her house. Her heart started racing and she began to perspire. These physical reactions were triggered by activity within Louise's:
a. sympathetic nervous system b. somatic nervous system c. parasympathetic nervous system d. cerebellum
Max is scanning the racks of hundreds of videos in his local video store, trying to choose which movie he should rent for the weekend. In this situation, Max will need to rely on:
a. his problem-solving skills b. materialistic identification principles c. means-ends analysis d. his decision-making skills
Regarding the comparison of identical twins reared together and apart, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The IQs of some separated twins differ by as much as 20 points when the twins grow up with large educational and environmental differences. b. Being placed in homes socially and educationally similar to their biological parents tends to inflate apparent genetic effects by making separated twins' IQs more alike. c. The IQ of identical twins reared apart is inflated by the fact that identical twins develop in the same prenatal environment. d. Psychologists who emphasize genetics believe that the correlations between identical twins show that adult intelligence is roughly 80 percent hereditary.