When Shelby feels hot, she turns on the air conditioning. According to neo-behaviourists, Shelby's internal physiological state is a(n):
A) drive.
B) instinct.
C) reinforcer.
D) want.
A) drive.
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A) the typical course of disease. B) a cause of disease. C) a pattern of causes. D) the classification of disease.
A fear that does NOT represent a specific phobia is fear of:
A) needles. B) clowns. C) long words. D) darkness.
What provides us with a standard against which we can compare individual test scores?
a. z scores b. Norms c. Percentiles d. Descriptive statistics
The 5-year-old child of two very busy parents has been throwing tantrums. Whenever the child gets angry or upset the parents immediately fuss over the child. Nevertheless, the child's tantrums do not diminish
In fact, they seem to occur more often. We may assume that the parents' fussing over this child serves as a(n) ________. a. unconditioned response b. positive reinforcer c. punisher d. negative reinforcer