Marlene likes to get email, and she checks her electronic mailbox frequently. Sometimes she gets 15 messages in a single day, and sometimes several days can go by with no new messages coming in. Based on what is known about schedules of reinforcement, you should conclude that Marlene's behavior of "checking her email" is being reinforced based on a:
a. fixed-ratio schedule
b. variable-ratio schedule
c. variable-interval schedule
d. fixed-interval schedule
C
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A. only a few months B. almost a year C. two to five years D. a lifetime
To what drug does Nesbitt's Paradox relate?
a. Opioids b. Hallucinogens c. THC/Marijuana d. Nicotine/Tobacco
According to the pluralist paradigm:
A. those who control major social institutions determine how crime is defined. B. law arises from interest groups but coalitions and shared interests may shift the balance of power. C. law serves as a tool of unification. D. law contributes to the collective conscience by providing an example of deviance.
Jung believed that there were two levels to the unconscious mind, the personal and the
a. collective. b. animus. c. anima. d. preconscious. e. shadow.