When Bill is driving faster than the speed limit, he covertly tells himself to slow down or he will get a ticket. He then slows down. Bill's cognitive behavior of telling himself to slow down is functioning as a:
a. conditioned stimulus
b. punishing consequence
c. reinforcing consequence
d. discriminative stimulus
d
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Suki routinely responds to stress with a learned helplessness response. Suki's response will involve
a. a release of emotional tension that often accompanies stress. b. passive behavior produced by exposure to unavoidable aversive events. c. protecting oneself from unpleasant situations by refusing to acknowledge them. d. atoning for unacceptable unconscious drives or impulses in socially acceptable ways.
Clearly differentiate between reinforcement and punishment
What will be an ideal response?
A form of prejudice that surfaces in subtle ways when it is safe, socially acceptable, and easy to rationalize is called
a. modern racism. b. relative deprivation. c. illusory correlation. d. reverse discrimination.
A key structure in the forebrain is the____, which consists of layers of specialized nerve cells
a. prefrontal cortex b. cerebral cortex c. parietal cortex d. orbitofrontal cortex