Regarding negative and positive transfer, which of the following is a FALSE statement?
a. Negative transfer is usually brief.
b. Positive transfer occurs less often than negative transfer.
c. Negative transfer is most likely to occur when new responses must be made to an old stimulus.
d. The greater standardization of airplane cockpits occurred because of the many tragic crashes caused by negative transfer.
ANSWER: b
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An uncontrolled extraneous variable is
a. a confound b. internally valid c. externally valid d. a subject variable.
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a. William James b. Ivan Pavlov c. Sigmund Freud d. John B.Watson
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A) baby B) person in a persistent vegetative state C) robot D) chimpanzee