Suppose a rat runs in a wheel and receives a food pellet. The subsequent increase in wheel-running as a result of the food delivery is an example of
A) ?an establishing operation.
B) ?reinforcement.
C) ?a reinforcer.
D) ?punishment.
B
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The three-level hierarchy model of mental ability was developed using a statistical procedure called analysis of variance. 2. Thurstone's primary mental abilities correspond to middle-level abilities in the three-level hierarchy. 3. John Carroll's research illustrates a theory-based approach to identifying middle-level abilities. 4. John Carroll believed that we have three middle-level abilities. 5. Crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence are terms for the same underlying construct, which is known as practical intelligence.
A person who loses an arm may at first have a phantom arm and hand. Then many years, the phantom may shrink, until only a hand is felt at the shoulder. This shows that
a. the pain and sensations are now passing directly through the pain gates. b. the pain and sensations are now passing through the central biasing system. c. phantom limb sensations are "sane hallucinations" that can be cognitively suppressed. d. the brain gradually reorganizes to adjust for the sensory loss.
A duckling that bonds to the first moving object it sees is an example of _____
A. imprinting B. engraining C. attaching D. locking
A fixed mindset is the idea that abilities are
a. malleable. b. unchangeable. c. both genetic and environmental. d. learned.