You are watching a film in class in which a chimp stacks three boxes in order to reach a bunch of bananas that were hanging from the ceiling. What type of process was involved?
a) blocking
b) insight learning
c) latent learning
d) overshadowing
B
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Tony has been in a nursing home for one year. He has become apathetic, indifferent, and does not care about himself. Which term describes Tony's mental state?
A. learned helplessness B. self-pity C. institutionalism D. neurodementia
How do we acquire the innate program for understanding language?
A. around age 2, it becomes activated by brain growth B. by brain stimulation that occurs in REM sleep C. our brains come with that ability built in D. through formal schooling starting at age 5
John Watson felt that:
a. mental events cannot be publicly observed and fall outside the domain of science b. the goal of psychology should be to uncover basic elements that made-up the mind c. mental events can be observed and examine through systematic introspection d. the goal of psychology should be to uncover how people can reach their full potential
When it is frequent, immediate, and detailed, which of the following is more likely to be effective?
a. conditioned stimuli b. feedback c. punishers d. operants