All of a sudden, a 1,000 Hz tone comes on, and the button gives you a shock when
you press it. Your response rate ______, which is consistent with the effects of
_________.
(a) decreases, punishment (b) decreases, extinction
(c) decreases, generalization (d) increases, spontaneous incrementation
A
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Infants in the first year of life learn through which methods?
a. Classical conditioning b. Operant conditioning c. Habituation d. All of the above
Deaths resulting from the World Trade Center attacks were examples of ________ loss, a situation where the loss was not clearly defined and therefore confusing and difficult to resolve.
A. ritualistic B. anxious C. immobilizing D. ambiguous
When Billy's upstairs neighbor wakes up early to take a shower, Billy is typically awakened when the water starts, but then he gets used to the noise and goes back to sleep. In this example, Billy is showing learning through?
A. sensitization. B. conditioning. C. modeling. D. habituation
In an experiment, a group of 5-year-old children are shown pictures of children engaged in activities that violate common gender stereotypes, such as girls playing with toy vehicles and boys playing with dolls. If the children are questioned a few days later, gender schema theory would predict that they will tend to recall having seen the boys playing with trucks and cars and the girls playing with dolls.
a. true b. false