From an evolutionary perspective, effective learning to avoid any food that has made you sick in the past should NOT have:

A) rapid learning.
B) conditioning capable of taking place over very long intervals.
C) the development of an aversion to the smell or taste of the food instead of its ingestion.
D) the development of an aversion more often to familiar rather than unfamiliar foods.


D) the development of an aversion more often to familiar rather than unfamiliar foods.

Psychology

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Which of the following statements is LEAST accurate?

a. An individual client may be treated with several different kinds of therapy. b. A combination of therapeutic approaches is often more effective than a single approach. c. Therapy is generally more effective if a single approach is used consistently throughout the treatment of an individual client. d. Many psychologists describe themselves as eclectic in their approach to therapy.

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When a rat is on an FI-20-second schedule for bar pressing, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. The rat will be reinforced continuously for 20 seconds and then receive no more reinforcement. b. The rat will have to wait 20 seconds after the last reinforced response before a bar press will pay off again. c. The rat can press the bar as often as it wants within the interval, but it will not be rewarded until after 20 seconds has passed. d. The rat is on a partial reinforcement schedule.

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Expert followers needing little or no instruction or relational support respond best to the _______ leadership style

a. telling b. selling c. participating d. delegating

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