After Fido started to salivate when he heard the electric can opener, the sound of the can opener would be classified as a(n)
a. unconditioned stimulus.
b. conditioned stimulus.
c. neutral stimulus.
d. discriminative stimulus.
How many separate groups of participants would be needed for a between-subjects, two-factor study with three levels of factor A and four levels of factor B?
a. three
b. four
c. seven
d. twelve
Pat notices that when thunder can be heard in the distance, her dog, Rudy hides under her desk, and she believes that the thunder causes Rudy to hide. She notices that Rudy does not hide in response to other loud noises, if, for example, she drops a cast iron pan in the kitchen. In experimental terms, Pat has observed ____.
a. temporal precedence
b. covariation
c. plausibility
d. causality
Fido's salivation when he heard the electric can opener is called a(n)
a. unconditioned response.
b. conditioned response.
c. Pavlovian response.
d. latent anticipatory response.
How many independent variables are there in a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design?
a. two
b. three
c. four
d. eight
Pat notices that when thunder can be heard in the distance, her dog, Rudy hides under her desk, and she believes that the thunder causes Rudy to hide. In experimental terms, the thunder has ____ to the hiding.
a. temporal precedence
b. covariation
c. plausibility
d. causality
When Fido was being fed the dry dog food, the sound of the electric can opener was a(n)
a. conditioned stimulus.
b. unconditioned stimulus.
c. discriminative stimulus.
d. neutral stimulus.
How many independent variables are there in an experimental two-factor design?
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four
The Green Team has won fourteen weeks in a row, and a production assistant from the television show feels absolutely awful about it. He begins to secretly pass the Blue Team the information being given to the Green Team, even providing them with exercise videos and special recipes. This is classified as ____.
a. diffusion of treatment
b. compensatory rivalry
c. resentful demoralization
d. compensatory equalization
A psychologist would call Fido's salivating when eating food the
a. unconditioned response.
b. unconditioned stimulus.
c. conditioned stimulus.
d. shaped response.