A behavior may be followed by a positive consequence, or reinforcer, such as food; or by a negative consequence, or punisher,
such as a slap; or by nothing with these results determining whether a response is likely to be made again. The type of learning just described is
a. classical conditioning.
b. operant conditioning.
c. respondent conditioning.
d. insight learning.
ANSWER: b
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a. ?Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace b. ?Charles Darwin and Charles Lyell c. ?Joseph Hooker and Charles Darwin d. ?Erasmus Darwin and Charles Darwin e. ?Jean Lamarck and Charles Darwin
Bobby is often mean to younger children at school by taunting, teasing, and pushing them. However, when an older boy taunts, teases, and pushes Bobby, he rarely retaliates. It is most likely that Bobby is a(n)
a. aggressive-rejected child. b. bully-victim. c. empathic individual. d. physically immature child.
Describe the experiments performed by James Olds and Peter Milner. What were they trying to do? What did they discover?
What will be an ideal response?
Which one of the following processes requires researchers to first specify a hypothesis?
a. Multitrait-multimethod study b. Content validity study c. Exploratory factor analysis d. Confirmatory factor analysis