A rat jumps each time it seas a green light flash, because the green light has always appeared just before an electric shock. In classical conditioning the initial learning of the connection between the light and the shock is referred to as a. spontaneous recovery. b. extinction. c. generalization. d. accommodation. e. acquisition.

Write three sentences that describe what you use to play your favorite sport. Use complete sentences.

When basketball star Michel Jordan graduated from collage as one of a small number of geography majors, the average starting salary for a geography major soared by several hundred thousand dollars. In a situation like this, where one unusual bit of data greatly inflates the average, it is important to use which measure of variation? a. Mean. b. Median. c. Range. d. Standard deviation. e. Mode.

When basketball star Michael Jordan graduated as one of a small number of geography majors from college, the average starting salary for a geography major soared by several hundred thousand dollars. In a situation like this, where a small amount of data greatly inflates the average, it is better to use which measure of central tendency? a. Mean. b. Median. c. Range. d. Standard deviation. e. Variation.

"We were not surprised to discover that contact comfort was an important basic affectional or love variable, but we did not expect it to overshadow so completely the variable of nursing." This quotation was written by which of the following psychologists? a. Harry Harlow b. Konrad Lorenz c. B.F. Skinner c. John B. Watson e. Mary Ainsworth

Consider a Markov process with transition matrix

$$\begin{matrix} \text{} & \text{}{\text { State 1 State 2 }}\\ \text{}{\begin{array}{l}{\text { State 1 }} \\ {\text { State } 2}\end{array}} & \text{}{\left[\begin{array}{ll}{0} & {\frac{1}{7}} \\ {1} & {\frac{6}{7}}\end{array}\right]}\\ \end{matrix}$$

(a) What doe s the entry $\frac{6}{7}$ represent? (b) What does the entry 0 represent? (c) If the system is in state 1 initially, what is the probability that it will be in state 1 at the next observation? (d) If the system has a 50% chance of being in state 1 initially, what is the probability that it will be in state 2 at the next observation?

A police officer questions a child who was an eyewitness to a crime. The officer is most likely to get accurate information if she: a. first tells the child all about the crime the way she thinks it unfolded. b. uses neutral, age appropriate words and is the first to interview the child. c. uses neutral, age appropriate words and is the last to interview the child. d. uses suggestive techniques to get the story from the child. e. tells the child a story about a similar crime to get the child thinking about possibly similar details.

Classical conditioning is based on ____, while operant conditioning is based on ____.

According to Bandura, we learn by watching models because we experience ___________ reinforcement or __________ punishment.

Suppose that in your city 37% of the voters are registered as Democrats, 29% as Republicans, and 11% as members of other parties (Liberal, Right to Life, Green, etc.). Voters not aligned with any official party are termed "Independent." You are conducting a poll by calling registered voters at random. In your first three calls, what is the probability you talk to no Democrats?

Find the integral. Check your answer by differentiation. $\int t e ^ { t ^ { 2 } } d t$

A wire of length x is bent into the shape of a square. Express the perimeter p of the square as a function of x.

What do we call it when the CR decreases as the CS is repeatedly presented alone? a. Generalization. b. Discrimination. c. Spontaneous recovery. d. Extinction. e. Acquisition.

The perception that we control our own fate is also called what? a. Self-control b. Learned helplessness c. Internal locus of control d. External locus of control e. Emotion-focused coping