BF Skinner used rats to test if behavior increased or decreased based on how often, and in what manner, a reinforcement (reward) was given.
BF Skinners experiment showed that rats and people are what?
Predictable
Unpredicatable
Funny
Hungry
Sophie receives a rewards card from her favorite coffee shop. She can get a free coffee after her 10th coffee purchase. Brad receives a rewards card from his favorite coffee shop. He can get a free coffee after his 12th coffee purchase.
Brads card comes with 2 Coffee cups already prefilled so he only needs 10 more coffees just like Sophie. Who is more likely to be motivated to go back more often to get to the free cup sooner?
Brad
Sophie
Neither
Both
A "Hit" in signal detection theory means you have properly identified the intended stimuli
Question: What does it mean when a person habituates to a sound?
A. They get used to it
B. They hear it louder
C. They cannot hear it
D. None of the above
If it seems like too much work to find a shortcut, then people will stay with their old habits.
People have a tendency to give personality-based explanations for other peoples' behavior ________ weight than situational factors.
Less
More
Equal
The more the behavior, the longer it takes to become a habit.
Question: What is the theory called that states, "When there are more people, it's harder to assess where you stand, and therefore you are less motivated".
The E Effect
The Z Effect
The N Effect
People like to be ________ and feel like they are doing things on their own, with minimal help from others.
dependent
independent
codependent
is the theory that 150 people is the social group size limit for humans.
What type of motivation causes people to want to continue doing something even without a promised reward?
Extrinsic
Contingent
Intrinsic
Algorithmic
E. Heuristic
Dopamine is the chemical of Motivation Pleasure Wanting Addiction Liking( Motivation, Pleasure, Wanting, Addiction, Liking ) rather than Motivation Pleasure Wanting Addiction Liking( Motivation, Pleasure, Wanting, Addiction, Liking ). It is also called the Motivation Pleasure Wanting Addiction Liking( Motivation, Pleasure, Wanting, Addiction, Liking ). While, opiods are the chemical of Wanting Addiction Liking Pleasure Motivation( Wanting, Addiction, Liking, Pleasure, Motivation ) and Motivation Liking Pleasure Addiction( Motivation, Liking, Pleasure, Addiction ) and it is called the Liking Addiction Wanting Motivation( Liking, Addiction, Wanting, Motivation ).
The Pavlovian response is what happens when the dopamine system completely ignores the cue that a reward is coming
Mastery is something that can only be approached rather than be reached. Because of this, it is one of the strongest motivators. You can get better and better at something, but never reach an endpoint.
People who could delay gratification at a young age, proved to be: (Select all that apply)
most successful in school
problematic adults
drug addicts
able to get good test scores on the SAT
able to better cope with stress and frustration
Coined by Peter Griffin, satisfice describes a decision-making strategy in which the person decides to pick the adequate option rather than the optimal one
