Billy's mom tells him that she will pay him to pull weeds from her flower garden. Because she is busy, she sometimes gives Billy a dime when he pulls five weeds, sometimes when he pulls ten weeds, and other times when he pulls twenty or more weeds. The reinforcement schedule Billy's mom is using is:
a. continuous c. variable-ratio
b. fixed-interval d. fixed-ratio
C
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Perceptual skills involved in putting puzzles together or recognizing musical melodies are special skills of the
a. right hemisphere. b. left hemisphere. c. midbrain. d. corpus callosum.
Children who are working quietly on their homework when the hourly bell rings will be allowed to go to the play area for 10 minutes. Just before the bell is about to ring, the children become so quiet that you could hear "a pin drop" in the classroom. These children's quiet behavior occurred right before the bell because they are on which schedule of reinforcement?
a. continuous b. fixed ratio c. variable interval d. fixed interval
In terms of Sternberg's theory of love, most adolescent love relationships lack commitment
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
A Homo species female holds down the fort at home every day, caring for her children and clipping edible plants in the local area for meals, while her male counterpart is out hunting animals and scavenging other types of food for the group
This arrangement describes the ________________ way of life. forager-hunter || scavenger-hunter || fisher-scavenger || hunter-gatherer || || ||