Kyla wants to make sure that her dog Axel does not beg for food from the table. Every time that Axel begs, Kyla says, "No," in a sharp, scolding voice and she never gives in. Kyla is using ________
a. positive punishment
b. negative reinforcement
c. stimulus generalization
d. negative punishment
Answer: a
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A. Aristotle B. Diener C. Doyal D. Maslow
The research on cognitive maps suggests that
a. peopleâ€"surprisinglyâ€"are just as accurate in reading a road map when it does not match the orientation of their mental map as when it has the same orientation. b. people create cognitive maps from several successive views, if the area is very large. c. individual differences in people's senses of direction are very small. d. there is a very high correlation between people's verbal skills and their skills in creating cognitive maps.
Animals that have just copulated and thereby reduced their primary sex drives often show renewed interest in sex when presented with a novel sex partner. This is an example of__________
A) stimulus motives B) intuition C) homeostasis D) drive reduction E) Select
Tanesha wants to determine how damage to the suprachiasmatic nucleus of rats will impact their sleep/waking cycles. What device must she use if she plans to lesion this structure?
A. microelectrode B. micropipette C. stereotaxic instrument D. genes from algae or bacteria