Billy taught two rats how to play basketball for his experimental psychology class. What process did he likely use?

a) operant conditioning
b) shaping
c) reinforcement
d) punishment

b

Psychology

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A person who shows no brain activity in the cortex will be incapable of which of the following?

a. swallowing b. breathing c. blinking d. speaking

Psychology

A business owner listened to a presentation at the Chamber of Commerce encouraging businesses to change the interviews they use for selecting personnel, in light of new information about ways to improve their effectiveness

The president of Computerized Gadgets is a cautious person so he decides to run the ideas past the company's attorney. What is the attorney likely to tell him when she gives him a report on the proposed changes? a) "Personnel selection is not an area of great concern to the legal department." b) "These ideas would put us in a better position to defend allegations of discrimination." c) "There are so many regulations governing personnel selection, we would be better off just selecting randomly." d) "The interview is the only component of personnel selection that is not regulated by the government in any way."

Psychology