You decide that you want to study more,

so you set a series of gradual, daily goals and reinforce yourself for meeting each goal in the series. You are using a technique known as
a. latent learning.
b. shaping.
c. vicarious classical conditioning.
d. intermittent conditioning.


ANSWER: b

Psychology

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Predictability is of greater benefit to _____ than to people who do not believe they are in charge of their own lives

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

Genetics appear to

A. predispose individuals to specific anxiety disorders. B. predispose individuals to anxiety disorders in general but not to a specific type. C. predispose individuals to some types of anxiety disorders but not all. D. play no causal role in anxiety disorders.

Psychology

Scientists, who see gender differences as serving the goal of survival of the species through reproduction and base their work on an evolutionary approach, study gender differences from a ________ perspective

A) theory of mind B) biological C) psychoanalytic D) social learning

Psychology

In Piaget's swinging pendulum experiment, what strategies did adolescents in formal operational

thought use? a. They randomly changed variables so could not come to clear conclusions b. They changed one variable at a time and therefore could come to a conclusion c. They could not decide on a strategy to use to solve the pendulum problem as it was too complex d. They made the pendulum too heavy so that it slowed down

Psychology