Psy320 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PSY3201 Final Project UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers Self-fulfilling prophecy - CORRECT ANSWER- an expectation that causes you to act in ways that make that expectation come true. Confirmation bias - CORRECT ANSWER- a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence

PSY320 Exam 2 Practice Questions and Answers Training rats to run a maze for food is an instrumental paradigm because the researcher is: A. Constraining the opportunity to respond to reinforcement B. Presenting a CS without a UCS C. Unable to observe what is taking place in the maze D. Conditioning the rats in an unusual environment - ANSWER-A. Constraining the opportunity to respond to reinforcement According to Skinner, a positive reinforcer is an event occurring after a response that:...

Training rats to run a maze for food is an instrumental paradigm because the researcher is: A. Constraining the opportunity to respond to reinforcement B. Presenting a CS without a UCS C. Unable to observe what is taking place in the maze D. Conditioning the rats in an unusual environment - ANSWERSA. Constraining the opportunity to respond to reinforcement According to Skinner, a positive reinforcer is an event occurring after a response that: A. Decreases the probability of the respons...

study guide for exam 3

Study guide for exam 2

This is for abnormal psychology, up to exam 3!