A stimulus presented to a person or animal that decreases the probability of a particular response is known as
a. positive punishment.
b. negative punishment.
c. negative reinforcement.
d. negative expectation.
e. positive reinforcement.
a. positive punishment.
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Which type of memory pieces together information and infers the rest?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following would most likely result from the affiliation motive?
a. discussing your racket grip with your tennis instructor b. discussing a lecture you attended with your roommates c. striking up a conversation with a stranger during a bumpy airplane flight d. talking to a friend about a movie you just saw
Sitting in the airport awaiting her flight, Joyce took a swig from her water bottle and was startled to find that it was her hair gel bottle. Reason (1979) would call this a(n) ______.
a. repetition error b. confusion or blend c. omission or reversal d. switch
Including a quasi-independent variable in your research allows you to:
A. test the generality of your findings across the levels of the quasi-independent variable and reduce error variance by segregating the data into groups of participants who responded in similar fashion to the manipulation. B. analyze within-subjects and between-subjects factors in the same design. C. reduce error variance by segregating the data into groups of participants who responded in similar fashion to the manipulation. D. test the generality of your findings across the levels of the quasi-independent variable.