Suppose that when several students raise their hands in class, the professor calls on one at random. Thus, the more often you raise your hand, the more your chance of being called, but you can never be sure when that will be. Which schedule of reinforcement is this?
a. Fixed-interval
b. Variable-interval
c. Fixed-ratio
d. Variable-ratio
d
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Amy, age 5, is getting dressed to go to preschool, and her mother has bought her new jeans to wear. However, Amy refuses and insists that girls wear only dresses. This may be an application of Amy's __________.
A. gender constancy B. sexual identity C. gender schema D. gender identity
What was the result of the 1972 ruling in the case Wyatt v. Stickney?
A. Individuals with mental illness or intellectual disabilities have a right to receive treatment. B. The Tarasoff ruling has been abandoned in two-thirds of the United States. C. Individuals with mental illness or intellectual disabilities do not have a right to receive treatment. D. Therapists are at low risk of a lawsuit if they fail to inform others of the risk their client poses.
Given the research on violence in the mass media and viewer aggression, which conclusion is MOST accurate?
a. Violent media can have serious, long-term impacts in terms of increasing aggressiveness in viewers. b. Violent media can have mild, short-term impacts in terms of increasing aggressiveness in viewers, and may or may not have more serious or longer-term impacts. c. Exposure to violent media is one of the most difficult risk factors to alter in terms of preventing aggression. d. Violent media seem to increase some forms of aggression among people who are already prone to aggression, but to have little or no impact on people who are not already prone to aggression.
Which one of the following disorders is about equally common for men and women?
A. Schizophrenia B. Dissociative identity disorder C. Substance abuse disorder D. Panic disorder