A greater quality of reinforcement has which of the following effects upon performance?
a. generally decreases the amount of performance
b. generally improves performance
c. does not alter performance
d. makes performance more resistant to extinction
b
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Which is correct regarding physicians' telling patients about their terminal condition?
a. In the early 1960s the majority of physicians told the patient the prognosis. b. Physicians have historically been well prepared in medical school to tell the patient about his or her terminal condition. c. The majority of physicians today tell the terminally ill patient the prognosis. d. Both b and c are correct. e. None of the above.
The variable systematically changed or manipulated by a researcher in an experiment is called the
a. independent variable. b. correlational variable. c. dependent variable. d. extraneous variable.
Autonomous motivation is analogous to the term ____ while controlled motivation is analogous to the term ____.?
a. ?extrinsic; intrinsic b. ?intrinsic; extrinsic c. ?negative feedback; positive feedback d. ?positive feedback; negative feedback
What type of tests allows us to say things like “John scored better than or equal to 40% of college-bound seniors?”
a. Population-referenced b. Norm-referenced c. Criterion-referenced d. Sample-referenced