A girl learns that whenever her older brother shares his cookie with her, her mother gives him a piece of candy. The girl's learning is a demonstration of ________

a. contingency theory
b. classical conditioning
c. social learning theory
d. operant conditioning


Answer: c

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(a) the study in the three Canadian towns with a diminished number of sports activities as the number of channels went from 0 to 1 to 4 (b) the study by McIntyre and Teevan that showed the correlation between viewing and violence in 2300 adolescents to be about .20 (c) the study conducted in the U.S., Finland, and Poland that correlated self- reports with aggression (d) Robinson and Bachman's study with extreme groups that found a 50% difference in the number of fights (e) none of the above

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An electroencephalograph (EEG) measures the electrical activity of the ____

a. brain b. heart c. pancreas d. liver

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Present the first five stages of Erikson's psychosocial theory. For each stage, present the

approximate ages. What developmental crisis defines each stage? For each of the five stages, present a developmental task that characterizes that stage. What will be an ideal response?

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The efficiency of immediate memory can be increased if we organize information so that how much is contained in each single unit is increased such as taking 194520151811 (12 items) organizing it into 3 items (1945, 2015, 1811). This procedure is called _______.

a. elaboration b. rehearsal c. chunking d. encoding

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