Which of these is the best example of classical conditioning?
a) Your dog takes a nap in the afternoon.
b) You give your dog a treat when it puts out a paw.
c) Your dog sits on your lap when you watch television.
d) Your dog salivates when you open a can of dog food.
D
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Ryan and Paul are a gay couple who would like to have a babywith a biological connection to them. Which method is their doctor likely to recommend?
a. Oocyte donation b. Intracellular sperm injections c. Invitro fertilization d. Surrogate parenting
Theresa began studying Japanese when she was in the eighth grade. After many years of study, however, she still speaks Japanese with an accent and lacks perfect fluency. This is probably because ____
a. ?she had already passed the critical period of language development when she began studying Japanese b. ?she is not genetically "prewired" for Japanese c. ?she learned and spoke a number of different dialects d. ?she continued to speak English while she was studying Japanese, which blocked acquisition
"About seven" is a famous estimate for:
a. the number of memory stores in the human brain. b. the capacity of long-term memory. c. the number of minutes information can stay in short-term memory without rehearsal. d. the capacity of short-term memory span.