Who invented a conditioning chamber in which rats pressed levers to earn food rewards?
A) Ivan Pavlov
B) B. F. Skinner
C) John Watson
D) G. Stanley Hall
B) B. F. Skinner
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_____ believed that personality was shaped and fixed by the age of 5
a. Jung c. Fromm b. Freud d. Horney
Suppose that you are watching a television commercial advertising a new car. The commercial's spokesperson is raving about how smooth the ride is, and going bananas over what a great deal the car is. If you are half-asleep while watching the commercial, how will your automatic system process the claims?
a. Your automatic system will not process the claims at all (it will only process the images). b. Your automatic system will process the claims simply as claims; you would need to use your conscious system in order to judge their (in)validity. c. Your automatic system will process these claims as true; you would need to use your conscious system to override this assessment and doubt them. d. Your automatic system will process these claims as false; you would need to use your conscious system to assess their validity.
A weakness of the factor analytic strategy of test construction is
a. its reliance on expert opinion over empirical data. b. that items that measure the same thing may actually be measuring the wrong thing. c. both of the above d. neither of the above
Which of the following do children average spend the most time doing?
a. watching television c. playing outside b. playing video games d. watching movies