Great-uncle Lyle seems to have lost all motivation to be active. He finds it hard to get to work and to enjoy recreation. He often says that things "just aren't worth doing." Skinner would suggest that this behavior pattern is a result of
A) negative reinforcement.
B) evolutionarily selected aging processes.
C) a behavioral deficit.
D) low self-esteem.
E) classically conditioned apathy.
C
Psychology
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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In searching for general laws that apply to groups of people, Allport argued that there was a serious limitation to the procedure. Which of the following was the problem?
a. small samples do not generalize to larger populations (as for instance, Wundt did) b. the more people that were selected for study the fewer common elements there would be available to the researcher c. humans are too unique to have anything in common d. none of the above
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