The personnel manager of ABC Company asked all of the applicants she interviewed the same questions in the same systematic fashion. She was conducting a(n) ____ interview

LaKeita and Monica are having a discussion about the nature of human ideas and emotions. LaKeita states, “You know that we are all born with a basic structure from which all other ideas and emotions develop!” Her belief that ideas and emotions are inborn most closely resembles the beliefs of philosopher ________

a. Rene Descartes b. David Hume c. Aristotle d. Plato

In Thorndike’s experiment on trial and error learning, the cat would escape a puzzle box faster and faster on progressive trials. In other words, the cat ____

a. acquired faster nerve impulses on successive trials b. became more physically fit c. memorized the solution to the puzzle d. repeated effective behaviors and abandoned ineffective ones