Pavlov believed that classical conditioning resulted from the
Choose one answer. a. informativeness of the CS. b. law of effect. c. mere pairing of the CS and UCS. d. contingent relationship between the CS and UCS.
A woman is an auctioneer. Based on the anchoring heuristic, when she puts an item up for bid she is likely to get a higher price if she
Choose one answer. a. suggests a low initial bid. b. suggests a moderate initial bid. c. suggests a high initial bid. d. does not suggest an initial bid

A major value of speech errors is that they
Choose one answer. a. provide evidence that memory is typically a reconstructive process. b. suggest that attention is a highly selective process. c. show the importance of the law of effect in controlling behavior. d. provide insight into both the processes and representations that underlie fluent speech production.

Using positron emission tomography to study episodic memory, Endel Tulving and his colleagues have shown that: a. episodic memory is identical to declarative memory. b. the hippocampus is responsible for the repression of episodic memories. c. encoding and retrieval processes may be located in different areas of the brain. d. male and female brains are anatomically distinct.

A boy is sent to his room and not allowed to watch television with the rest of the family until he can do so without jumping in the living room. When he returns to the living room, he sits down quietly. The boy's change in behaviour is an illustration of

Choose one answer. a. positive reinforcement. b. positive punishment. c. negative reinforcement. d. negative punishment.

The sentence: "Visiting relatives can be a nuisance" best illustrates ________ ambiguity.