Sensations of falling or floating weightlessly (hypnogogic sensations) are most closely associated with ________ sleep.

A student is watching rats eat food pellets that they receive after pressing a bar in a Skinner box. Which question that the student might ask would be of greatest interest to a psychologist studying motivational aspects of observed behavior?

a) Which instinct is involved? b) Why do the rats press the bar at different rates? c) What are the releasing stimuli for the observed behavior? d) What is the role of punishment in the behavior of these rats?

You are having a conflict with your neighbor because he has a tendency to blast loud, annoying music at 5:00 a.m. while you are trying to sleep. Your neighbor claims that he is doing this in retaliation for the loud music you occasionally play at 1 a.m

How effective would it be to use threats on your neighbor to resolve the problem? In communicating with your neighbor, what would it be most important to promote in order to resolve the conflict?