In Pavlov's experiments, what type of stimulus was the bell before conditioning occurred?
a. neutral
b. unconditioned
c. novel
d. conditioned
Answer: a. neutral
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Operational definitions
a. tell a surgeon precisely how to perform an operation on abnormal external genitals. b. may be important in determining the outcome of a study. c. specify why the media prefer studies about gender differences, rather than studies about gender similarities. d. are typically specified after the study has been completed.
Of the following parents giving praise to their child, which is using the most effective strategy?
a. Abdul tells his daughter, "You're a good girl" when she is polite to the neighbor. b. Barney tells his son, "I'm so proud of how well you prepared for your biology test.". c. Cornelius uses the phrase, "You did a wonderful job" every time he praises his daughter. d. Darnell says to his son, "I'm proud of how you played tennis, but maybe next time you'll get more points.". e. Ed, who after his daughter shows him her artwork, avoids making eye contact but says, "That's a great job you did.".
A placebo is used to:
a. create equal expectancies in the experimental and control groups b. increase expectancies in the experimental group c. decrease expectancies in the experimental group d. create different expectancies in the experimental and control groups
Krystal said that the moon hides during the day because it is afraid of the sun. This is an example of:
a. transductive reasoning. c. artificialism. b. animism. d. both animism and artificialism.