Who was the first to describe trial-and-error learning, which later became important to the behavioral theories of Pavlov, Thorndike, and Skinner?

a. Alexander Bain
c. Max Weber
b. Herbert Spencer
d. Johann Herbart


A

Psychology

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When we draw conclusions about a population based on data collected from a sample, we are using:

a. the null hypothesis. b. the alternative hypothesis. c. inferential statistics. d. none of the above.

Psychology

A distribution of possible sample means is also referred to as the ______.

A. distribution of sample means B. confidence interval C. normal distribution D. significance level

Psychology

Pressure to conform to one's friends or contemporaries in behavior, dress, and attitude is referred to as

conformance. adolescent burden. generation gap. peer pressure.

Psychology

Sue wants to quit smoking, but she cannot seem to kick the addiction. A psychologist who takes a __________ approach might tell Sue that she keeps smoking because her brain is chemically dependent on the drug.

A. psychodynamic B. humanistic C. biological D. behavioral

Psychology