Julie watches her sister swing her pet cat by the tail and sees her gets punished by her parents for that behavior. Consequently, Julie learns not to swing her pet cat by the tail. Which term best describes this scenario?
a. A negative reinforcement trap
b. Counterimitation
c. Indulgent parenting
d. Direct instruction
b
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You have familiarized yourself with the streets of your town without any reinforcement; then one day you are asked to go to the post office. You are able to do so with ease by following a route that you have never taken. This is an example of
a. insight learning. b. latent learning. c. classical conditioning. d. operant conditioning.
An observed difference between two descriptive statistics that is unlikely to have occurred by chance represents:
a. hypothesis testing. b. statistical significance. c. a Type II error. d. a Type I error.
Name the three layers present in three-week-old embryos and describe what each layer will later form
What will be an ideal response?
American employers regard recent high school graduates as
A) spoiled and selfish, lacking a solid work ethic. B) well-prepared for skilled business and industrialized occupations and manual trades. C) poorly prepared for skilled business and industrialized occupations and manual trades. D) particularly well-suited for positions in upper management.