Which of the following definitions of "personality" best reflects the views of B. F. Skinner?
a. stable behavioral traits that evolve as a function of natural selection
b. a collection of response tendencies acquired through experience
c. consistent patterns of behavior that occur as a result of unconscious impulses
d. innate behavioral tendencies that reflect a unique pattern of genetic predispositions
B
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When Matthew saw his older brother's bicycle fall off its kick stand, Matthew told his brother that the bicycle must be tired from being ridden too much. Matthew's statement illustrates the type of thinking that Piaget referred to as
a. centration. b. animism. c. preformal operations. d. conservation.
Which of the following is NOT a step in self-instructional training?
a. identifying the problem situation b. using shaping to teach self-instructions c. defining the behaviors involved d. identifying the instructions that will be used
Some researchers have found that moments of insight are correlated with activation of:
a. the left cerebral hemisphere, and perhaps the hypothalamus in particular b. the right cerebral hemisphere, and perhaps the hippocampus in particular c. the left cerebral hemisphere, and perhaps the reticular formation in particular d. the right cerebral hemisphere, and perhaps the tectum in particular
Red-green color blind individuals do not have a severe difficulty with traffic lights because
a. the red light is always on top and the green light is brighter than the red. b. the "red" traffic signals have blue light mixed in with the red. c. the "green" light is really yellow-green. d. all of these are utilized.