To teach a tiger to jump through a flaming hoop, the tiger is first reinforced for jumping up on a certain pedestal, then for leaping from that pedestal to another. Next the tiger has to jump through a hoop between the pedestals to get the reward
Finally, the hoop is set afire and the tiger must jump through it to get the reward. This is an example of __________ .
a. modeling
b. shaping
c. negative reinforcement
d. secondary learning
Answer b % correct 91 a= 4 b= 91 c= 1 d= 4 r = .33
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a. Even poor quality day cares have been shown to increase a child's language and social skills. b. Low-quality day care may weaken children's attachment with their parents. c. Children in high-quality day care tend to have better relationships with their mothers and fewer behavior problems. d. High-quality day care can actually improve children's social and mental skills.
In 2007 in the U.S., the largest number of individuals 15-24 years of age who completed a suicide were
a. African-American males b. African-American females c. Caucasian-American males d. Caucasian-American females e. none of these
_______ refers to a primitive emotional reaction that is fairly consistently experienced but often not consciously acknowledged.
A. Mood B. Positivity resonance C. Core affect D. Suppressed negative emotion
Individuals who are experts on a topic demonstrate
a. increased information-processing skills for all tasks. b. increased information processing skills for that topic. c. limited processing differences because age is more important than expertise. d. no differences in processing skills from non-experts.