Some people say that punishment is cruel and should never be used. In the text, a
vivid example of a beneficial and effective use of punishment involved
(a) painful electric shock to a 9 month old boy to get him to stop throwing up
(b) imprisonment and shock probation as a deterrent to crimes of passion
(c) a wife getting her husband to be more attentive by withholding affection
(d) a father teaching his son not to fall off his bike by well-timed, moderate
punishments
A
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A. opioids, analgesics, local anesthetics B. opioids, local anesthetics, analgesics C. analgesics, opioids, local anesthetics D. analgesics, local anesthetics, opioids
When we want to calculate the probability of the joint occurrence of two or more independent events, we invoke
a. the multiplicative rule. b. the additive rule. c. the sum of independent probabilities. d. Bernoulli's rule.
Which of the following statements does NOT apply to the results of research on differences between how experts and novices solve problems?
a. Experts possess more knowledge about their fields than novices. b. Experts often organize problems differently than novices, based on principles. c. Experts often spend more time analyzing problems than novices. d. Being an expert in one field can transfer to better problem solving in another field.
______ is the ability to order objects in a series according to a physical dimension.
A. Classification B. Conservation C. Transitive inference D. Seriation