Operant conditioning is a sort of mini-evolution of an organism's behaviors in the sense that _____ responses become more frequent while _____ responses become less frequent
A) nonadaptive; adaptive
B) ?adaptive; nonadaptive
C) ?reflexive; operant
D) ?operant; reflexive
B
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Of all the schools of psychology initiated by 1930, only behaviorism and psychoanalysis ____
a. ?have maintained their identities b. ?have been absorbed into the mainstream c. ?have been phased out of contemporary psychology d. ?maintained a focus on the pseudo-problem of consciousness e. ?are the primary schools of thought in contemporary psychology
Nadal teaches his son a great way to serve a tennis ball so the opponent cannot return the serve. However, his son Rafael appears to not benefit whatsoever from the advice and does not even appear to understand what is going on. Rafael is best classified as exhibiting a(n)
a. mediation deficiency. b. utilization deficiency. c. production deficiency. d. A-B error.
Liz and Richard are 35-year-olds who have lived together for a long time. After the birth of their first child, they decided to get married. Given this description, Liz and Richard's cohabitation pattern suggests that they live in which country?
a. United States b. Jamaica c. Sweden d. China
Conflicts over toilet training, and other attempts by a 2-year-old to exert control over his or her environment, are most evident during the _____ stage of psychosexual development
A) anal B) latency C) oral D) phallic