Which of the following researchers led a classic study on conformity in the 1950s?

a) Solomon Asch
b) David Buss
c) Philip Zimbardo
d) Robert Sternberg


Answer: a

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Mary was frustrated with her son John. He almost never took out the trash and only cleaned his bathroom about half of the time that it needed it. Mary wanted to see if paying John was an effective treatment, so she started giving him cash every time he took out the trash. He soon became outstanding in this area, taking it out every time that she asked. Since the money worked so well with the

trash, she decided to see if it would also help him to clean his room more often. Soon after she started paying him for cleaning his room, that behavior also increased dramatically. What experimental design was Mary using? a. Multiple baseline across behaviors b. Multiple baseline across individuals c. Changing criteria d. Alternating treatment

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The infant's curiosity becomes especially evident during Piaget's ____ substage of the sensorimotor stage, as infants begin to actively experiment with objects

a. reflex activity b. primary circular reactions c. coordination of secondary schemes d. tertiary circular reactions

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Charles S. Sherrington was the first to infer the properties of ____.

A. synapses B. the refractory period C. the sodium-potassium pump D. dendrites and axons

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Which of the following is true?

a. Receptive vocabulary generally exceeds expressive vocabulary. b. Expressive vocabulary generally exceeds receptive vocabulary. c. Receptive vocabulary and expressive vocabulary are always equal. d. Receptive vocabulary is determined by genetics, whereas expressive vocabulary is determined by the environment.

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