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The steady, rapid responding of a person playing a slot machine is an example of a pattern of responding typically generated on a ________ schedule:

A. Fixed ratio

B. Variable ratio

C. Fixed interval

D. Variable interval

Correct answer is: B. Variable ratio

Chomsky proposed that children learn a language:

A. Because they possess an innate language acquisition device

B. Through imitation, reinforcement, and shaping

C. As the quality of their thought improves with age

D. Because they need to in order to get their increasingly complex needs met

Correct answer is: A. Because they possess an innate language acquisition device

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

Clark Hull emphasized that in the form of stimulation gives birth to a drive or motive:

A. Need

B. Environment

C. Incentives

D. Reward

Correct answer is: A. Need

Hull’s Drive Reduction Theory focuses on needs creating motivation.