According to the theory of operant conditioning, when the removal of a stimulus, after a response has occurred, decreases the likelihood of the response occurring again, the process is referred to as:
a. positive reinforcement
b. positive punishment
c. negative punishment
d. negative reinforcement
C
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The world's first standardized intelligence test was introduced by Binet and Simon in:
A. 1879 B. 1905 C. 1923 D. 1942
Men find women with low waist-to-hip ratios more attractive relative to women with higher waist-to-hip ratios because lower waist-to-hip ratios have been found to be associated with all of the following except
a. greater health. c. having better-looking children. b. greater fertility. d. having more intelligent children.
Which of the following is the proper order of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development?
A) preoperational, sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational B) formal operational, concrete operational, sensorimotor, preoperational C) concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor, preoperational D) sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
Erikson thought that intimacy was not possible until individuals _______________________
a. had established themselves in their career b. were capable of making independent decisions c. had a fairly stable sense of identity d. possessed formal operational thinking