You would be most likely to use operant conditioning to teach a dog to

A) fear cars in the street.
B) dislike the taste of dead birds.
C) wag its tail whenever it is emotionally excited.
D) retrieve sticks and balls.

Research on the well-being of Americans indicates that the

A) vast majority of Americans currently declare themselves to be very happy.
B) personal happiness of Americans has been increasing during the last half-century.
C) buying power of Americans has been decreasing during the last half-century.
D) increase in the buying power of Americans during the last half-century has provided no apparent boost to Americans' personal happiness.

The Big Five model was proposed by ________ theorists.

A) behavioral
B) trait
C) cognitive-social learning
D) psychodynamic

Even though committees consist of people who bring different types of knowledge to a collaborative group setting, they are often relatively ineffective in terms of making good use of all of their shared information. In large part, this seems to be because ____.

A) there are always one or two people who dominate committee meetings
B) people tend to focus on the knowledge and opinions they all have in common
C) people tend to engage in self-censorship
D) people do not like to disagree with committee leaders

The approach that has helped children with autism learn to interact socially involves

A) operant conditioning.
B) stress inoculation training.
C) psychodynamic therapy.
D) aversive conditioning.

One reason why "muh-muh" (or something similar) is the word for mother in so many languages is that

A) infants frequently hear that sound from adults during the first 2 months of life.
B) it is easy for infants to make that sound.
C) the sound "muh" is the opposite of a crying sound.
D) the sound "muh" is very similar to a crying sound.