At the local aquarium, the trainers shape the dolphin's behavior so that they get rewarded each time they jump up and get closer to a target toy hanging above their tank. Training in this manner most closely resembles _____
a. classical conditioning
b. operant conditioning
c. neutral conditioning
d. a conditioned stimulus
Answer: B
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You are studying the structure of genes, how they are transmitted from one generation to
another, and how they operate in the population,. The area of study is known as a. heredity. b. the genome. c. genealogy. d. genetics. e. natural evolution.
According to research, women who reported being raped as minors were much more likely to report being raped as adults.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Research by Christakis and Fowler (2014) found that people share more DNA with their friends than with strangers. Which of the following conclusions is valid? Having similar
a. genetics causes friendships with certain people. b. DNA forces us to become friends with certain people. c. genetics predisposes people to make certain behavioral choices, so that they end up in groups with similar people. d. DNA makes some people more unattractive.
If a person is genetically a man, he received
a. an X chromosome from his mother and an X chromosome from his father b. an X chromosome from his mother and a Y chromosome from his father c. a Y chromosome from his mother and a Y chromosome from his father d. a Y chromosome from his mother and an X chromosome from his father