The one single factor that has the greatest effect upon a new behavior becoming a habit is:
a. reinforcement.
b. record keeping.
c. thinning.
d. practice.
D.
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Which person proposed the stage model of ethnic identity development?
a. Phinney b. Harter c. Marcia d. Chavira
Amit and Kavita finished high school and some university before getting married and going to work in information technology
They have two children and are able to put aside money for their future education. According to the textbook, they and their children are involved in A) assimilation. B) a virtuous cycle. C) globalization. D) a vicious cycle.
A researcher decides to use habituation-dishabituation measures to study infants younger than 1 month. All of the following advice about this measure would be useful and accurate except
a. attrition rates are quite low, usually no more than 10 percent b. there may be individual differences among infants in how quickly they habituate and dishabituate c. infants will not have to be taught how to respond d. state changes may interfere with some infants' ability to complete all parts of the procedure
Earl's college-aged son has just joined a fraternity. Earl is worried that his son might participate in hazing activities, and that cognitive dissonance could then lead to a belief that hazing is morally acceptable. However, research has shown that cognitive dissonance
A. doesn't apply to harmful physical actions like hazing. B. might change behavior to match beliefs, rather than vice-versa. C. is not a force for change until later in adulthood. D. does not apply to actions done of one's own free will.