If children get attention from their parents for doing cartwheels, they will repeat the trick in anticipation of more attention. This best illustrates:
a. spontaneous recovery.
b. respondent behavior.
c. operant conditioning.
d. latent learning.
Ans: c. operant conditioning.
Psychology
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Which of the following statements about evolutionary psychology is false?
a. Some people worry that evolutionary psychology justifies bad behavior. b. Evolutionary psychology is concerned with legitimizing patriarchal norms. c. Critics argue that it is impossible to prove that evolution caused differences in sex preferences today. d. Evolutionary psychologists suggest that evolution shaped human psychology just as it shaped animal and human bodies.
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