B.F. Skinner appears to have discovered the partial reinforcement effect when he was running a simple conditioning experiment, ran low on food pellets, and began reinforcing only a percentage of responses he otherwise would have reinforced 100% of the time. This is an example of:

A) capitalizing on a paradoxical incident
B) serendipity
C) reasoning by analogy
D) the hypothetico-deductive method

B

Psychology

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Brain damage is the root cause of neurocognitive disorder characterized by profound memory impairment, except in the case of __________, which is sometimes reversible with vitamin B1 therapy.

A. Korsakoff's syndrome B. Alzheimer's disease C. vascular dementia D. AIDS-related dementia

Psychology

Piaget stated that people develop through the same cognitive stage at the same time. What evidence do we have that disputes this claim?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology