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 NA
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 NA
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 NA
A spontaneous, heritable change or error in DNA replication is called: A. Genetic drift B. Gene flow C. An adaptation D. A mutation NA
The second step in a self modification program is to: A. Specify the target behavior B. Design your program C. Gather baseline data D. Set up a behavioral contact NA
For which of the following assertions is the empirical evidence strongest? A. The two cerebral hemispheres are specialized to handle different types of cognitive tasks B. People have a separate stream of consciousness in each hemisphere C. Each hemisphere has its own cognitive style D. Some people are right brained, while others are left brained NA
Getting information into memory is called ________; getting information out of memory is called: A. Storage; retrieval B. Encoding; storage C. Encoding; retrieval D. Storage; encoding NA
After repeated pairings of a tone with meat powder, Pavlov found that a dog will salivate when the tone is presented. Salivation to the tone is a(n): A. Unconditioned stimulus B. Unconditioned response C. Conditioned stimulus D. Conditioned response NA
The word “big” is flashed on a screen. A mental picture of the word “big” represents a ________ code; the definition “large in size” represents a ________ code; “sounds like pig” represents a ________ code: A. Structural; phonemic; semantic B. Phonemic; semantic; structural C. Structural; semantic; phonemic D. Phonemic; structural; semantic NA
Sam’s wife always wears the same black nightgown whenever she is “in the mood” for outing. Sam becomes aroused to go out as soon as he sees his wife in the nightgown. For Sam, the nightgown is a(n): A. Unconditioned stimulus B. Unconditioned response C. Conditioned stimulus D. Conditioned response NA