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Positive reinforcement the rate of responding; negative reinforcement the rate of responding:

A. Increases; decreases

B. Increases; increases

C. Decreases; increases

D. Decreases; decreases

Correct answer is: B. Increases; increases

The linguistic relativity hypothesis is the notion that:

A. One's language determines the nature of one's thought

B. One's thought determines the nature of one's language

C. Language and thought are separate and independent processes

D. Language and thought interact, with each influencing the other

Correct answer is: A. One's language determines the nature of one's thought

According to the two process theory, a fear response is acquired due to conditioning; it is maintained due to conditioning:

A. Classical; operant

B. Operant; classical

C. Classical; classical

D. Operant; operant

Correct answer is: A. Classical; operant

Which of the following does not belong with the others?

A. Aptitude tests

B. Intelligence tests

C. Personality tests

D. Achievement tests

Correct answer is: B. Intelligence tests

Breland and Breland described how animals’ innate responses can distort conditioning processes, a phenomenon they called:

A. Avoidance learning

B. Bioprocessing

C. Counterconditioning

D. Instinctive drift

Correct answer is: D. Instinctive drift

According to Rescorla, the strength of a conditioned response depends on:

A. The number of trials in which the CS and UCS are paired

B. The number of trials in which the CS is presented alone

C. The percentage of trials in which the CS and UCS are paired

D. The percentage of trials in which the UCS is presented alone

Correct answer is: C. The percentage of trials in which the CS and UCS are paired

Skinner maintained that reinforcement determines the of a response; Bandura maintains that reinforcement determines the of a response:

A. Acquisition; performance

B. Acquisition; acquisition

C. Performance; performance

D. Performance; acquisition

Correct answer is: A. Acquisition; performance

Jenny has brown hair and blue eyes and is 5’8” tall. What is being described is Jenny’s:

A. Genotype

B. Phenotype

C. Somatotype

D. Physiognomy

Correct answer is: B. Phenotype

The link between physical punishment and subsequent aggressive behavior is probably best explained by:

A. Observational learning

B. Noncontingent reinforcement

C. Resistance to extinction

D. The matching law

Correct answer is: A. Observational learning

A spontaneous, heritable change or error in DNA replication is called:

A. Genetic drift

B. Gene flow

C. An adaptation

D. A mutation

Correct answer is: D. A mutation