During conditioning experiments involving food rewards, pigeons are often food deprived to the point where they are at
A) 80-85 of their free-feeding weight.
B) 90-95 of their natural weight.
C) 80-85 of their natural weight.
D) 90-95 of their free-feeding weight.
Question 2The most cited criticism against animal research is that
A) it is difficult to assess the animals' learning history .
B) animals can't talk and therefore can't communicate.
C) it is morally wrong.
D) Both b and c are correct.
Question 3Which of the following is a criticism against using animals in psychological research?
A) Memory is more difficult to control in animals than in humans.
B) Animals are too different from humans for the research to be of much relevance.
C) Neither a nor b is correct.
D) Both a and b are correct.
Question 4Which of the following is a reason for researchers choosing to conduct behavioral research on animals?
A) To control the experimental environment
B) To control learning history
C) To control genetic differences
D) All of these are correct.
Question 5Advantages of using animals in behavioral research include the ability to
A) control genetic differences.
B) control learning history.
C) control the experimental environment.
D) All of these are correct.
Question 6Youcef sets up an exercise program in which he will try to gradually increase the number of push-ups he does each day. The most appropriate design for assessing the effectiveness of his program would be a
A) multiple-baseline design.
B) changing-criterion design.
C) reversal design.
D) simple-comparison design.
Question 7A _____ design is most appropriate for situations in which a behavior is expected to change gradually.
A) multiple-baseline-across-persons
B) reversal
C) simple-comparison
D) changing-criterion
Question 8The most appropriate design for slowly increasing the amount of running that you do each day would be a
A) changing-criterion design.
B) simple-comparison design.
C) multiple-baseline design.
D) reversal design.
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