The first step in training a rat to press a lever consists of placing the animal in a test

chamber and allowing it to explore the chamber so that __________ can occur.


Answer is habituation

Psychology

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The engaged followership model, applied to Milgram's research, suggests those who obeyed the experimenter:

a.  entered an agentic state and so felt as though they were the agents of a higher authority.   b.  did not realize they were causing discomfort for the learner.   c.  identified with the experimenter and the study's purposes, and so cooperated by helping to complete the study.   d.  were overwhelmed by the power of the situation.   e.  experienced substantial declines in personal power.

Psychology

Ringelmann and Triplett are best labeled as

a. the first researchers to explore conformity. b. sociologists who established social psychology as a distinct discipline. c. pioneers in the field of social cognition. d. the founders of social psychology.

Psychology

When the surgeon's patient died, the intern decided the surgeon was incompetent. This illustrates:

a. an internal attribution b. an external attribution c. a self-serving bias d. cognitive dissonance

Psychology

A researcher is examining the relation between two variables: variable X and variable Y. If she is conducting a correlational study, the researcher ____________ variable X and ____________ variable Y.

a. manipulates; manipulates b. manipulates; measures c. measures; manipulates d. measures; measures

Psychology