B. F. Skinner used a chamber equipped with a device that delivers food or water when an animal makes a desired response. This device is called a(n):
a. reinforcement unit.
b. puzzle box.
c. Skinner box.
d. air crib.
Answer: c
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a. negative reinforcement. b. stimulus control. c. nonreinforcement. d. reciprocal inhibition.
Marcella goes to the birthday party of one of her second-grade classmates, which is being held at a fire station. The kids all get to hold the hose and aim it at a fake house to pretend they are fighting a fire. Later, she tells her father, "Daddy, the house was really on fire, and smoke was coming out of it and everything!" The fact that Marcella remembers smoke even though there was none is because of
A. constructive memory. B. maintenance rehearsal. C. mood-congruent memory. D. the process of recognition.
If the population variance of the raw scores equals 169 and the sample size is 121, what is the standard error of the mean?
a. 0.11 c. 1.40 b. 1.18 d. 15.36
________ is an act taken toward one group that is unfair when compared with our behavior toward other groups
a. Discrimination b. Bigotry c. Oppression d. Prejudice