Michael, a fourth-grade child, is solving the following multi-digit addition problem: 235 + 357 = __. He knows that he needs to encode all of the problem features (e.g., the numbers) carefully, so he can get the right answer. This knowledge is ___
a. domain specific
b. domain general
c. symbolic
d. rule based
B
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According to the discussion of single women of color,
a. White women are much more likely than Black women to be single. b. an unmarried Mexican American woman will not be trusted to take care of her elderly parents, so this responsibility falls to her married sisters. c. Asian American women are likely to say that they stayed single in order to pursue an advanced education. d. women of color report almost exactly the same reasons for remaining single as do European American women.
Regarding operant conditioning, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Positive reinforcement leads to strengthening of response, whereas negative reinforcement leads to weakening of response. b. Discriminative stimuli set the stage for reinforcement. c. Organisms are capable of learning complex behaviors through reinforcement of successive approximations to the desired behaviors. d. Some reinforcers are rewarding because they satisfy basic biological needs, whereas others acquire reward value through experience. e. Extinction is achieved by no longer reinforcing the desired response.
Name the General Principle that instructs psychologists to strive to benefit those with whom they work, and to do no harm to those with whom they work.
What will be an ideal response?
Your introductory psychology class has 189 males and 261 females. If you randomly sample 40 of these classmates, what is the probability you will get at least 32 females?
a. 0.0049 c. 0.0048 b. 0.0025 d. 0.0024