Immediately after being reinforced, a rat on which schedule of reinforcement would show the LONGEST pause before its next response?
a. fixed ratio
b. variable ratio
c. fixed interval
d. variable interval
C
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A. high-intensity pleasure B. attention/persistence C. inhibitory control D. low-intensity pleasure
Research on detecting lying concludes that ____
a. most people are good at knowing when someone is lying to them b. most people cannot tell when someone is lying to them c. the polygraph tends to be very accurate at detecting lies d. textual analysis programs are very poor at detecting lies
Based on the error in sampling in political polls that was described in your text, how would you recommend obtaining a representative sample for a poll (survey) about political candidates?
a. Conduct phone surveys using home phone numbers. b. Poll people at the local office, which provides Food Stamps and other forms of assistance. c. Give the poll face-to-face at college campuses nationwide. d. Give the poll face-to-face at an average supermarket or post office.
Which of the following is not needed when calculating error?
a. r b. b c. SY d. 1