A. the onset of an unpleasant event
B. the removal of a positive state of affairs.
C. any consequence that reduces the occurrence of a behavior
D. a positive reinforcer
Related Mcqs:
- A correlation coefficient of 0 means that there is: _________________?
A. a strong negative relationship between the two variables
B. a strong positive relationship between the two variables
C. a perfect positive relationship between the two variables
D. no relationship between the two variables - Of the following, who is a humanistic psychologist ?
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Abraham Maslow
C. B.F. Skinner
D. John Watson - The “father” of psychology and founder of the first psychological laboratory was ___________?
A. Wihelm Wundt
B. Sigmund Freud
C. John B. Watson
D. B. F. Skinner - Which one of the following statements describes the most appropriate relationship between language and thought?
A. Thinking is active imagination carried out by language
B. Thinking is nothing but silent speech
C. Thinking is a mental activity and language gives it objective shipe
D. Thinking denotes language relativity - Herbert Spencer classified the society into:___________?
A. Four classes
B. Eight classes
C. Two classes
D. Three classes - For which of the following is wihelm wundt primarily know?
A. the establishment of the first formal laboratory for research in psychology
B. the distinction between mind and body as two separate entities
C. the discovery of how signals are conducted along nerves in the body
D. the development of the first formal program for training in psychotherapy - Which of the following might serve as a secondary reinforce?
A. sex
B. grades
C. food
D. a pain-relieving drug - A study to determine the degree of relationship between two events called: ___________?
A. naturalistic observation.
B. the correlational method
C. a controlled experiment.
D. the survey method - Recency effect in free recall decreases with increase in:____________?
A. Length of the the list
B. Exposure time
C. Number of previously learned lists
D. Delay prior to recall - Which would represent the greatest loss to a professional wine taster or chef?
A. vestibular loss
B. injury to the pinna
C. olfactory loss
D. injury to the cochlea
