Research was conducted where one group of residents in a nursing home were given the responsibility of caring for a plant, and another group did not receive a plant. After 6 months, the group with a plant to care for were significantly better off than the group without plants. This is an example of one of the main dimensions of stress, called:
a. control c. predictability
b. duration d. definition
A
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A. extrinsic rewards undermined spontaneous interest. B. intrinsic rewards undermined spontaneous interest. C. the little girl's choices reflect a growing maturity. D. the little girl was intrinsically motivated to stop playing basketball.
Dr. Vanchella suspects that one of her college students does not have any money for food. She arranges for money to be put on the student's meal card without telling the student. Which term best describes Vanchella's motive?
a. self-centered b. communal c. reciprocal d. conformist e. altruistic
Continuous schedules of reinforcement are to ____ as partial schedules of reinforcement are to ____
a. ?slower extinction rates; faster extinction rates b. ?internal motivation; external motivation c. ?faster extinction rates; slower extinction rates d. ?classical conditioning; operant conditioning
Your high-school-aged sister is one of the school's best sprinters and she's also a starting forward on two different soccer teams. During free periods, she spends time in the weight room with her teammates and coaches. Your family and other students at her school consider her a jock. What type of group does being a jock signify that she's a member of?
a. clique b. crowd c. friends d. family