Which of the following statements is true of shaping?

A) It uses the technique of positive punishment.
B) It is used solely to teach simple behaviors.
C) It reinforces progressive steps toward the behavioral goal.
D) It extinguishes learned or conditioned behaviors.


C

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The criterion groups used to develop the original MMPI consisted of

a. university students. b. a normally distributed sample of the population. c. psychiatric inpatients. d. soldiers in WWI.

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Many times "psychics" will come forward after a negative event and claim that their vague premonitions had actually predicted the event. These "psychics" are relying on what?

A. hindsight bias B. confirmation bias C. negativity bias D. representativeness heuristic

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The new cell formed by the union of an egg and a sperm is called a

A. fetus. B. cyst. C. zygote. D. gene.

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The cerebellum is made up of two hemispheres divided by the

a) sulcus b) gyrus c) vermis d) virtue

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