During her summer school class, Ms. Davis tells her students that after they quietly complete their 15-minute reading assignment, they can spend the remainder of the period working on art projects.By using a more desirable activity to encourage the completion of a less desirable one, Ms. Davis is applying:

Reinforcing a human/animal after a small step toward a desired goal or behavior is achieved, is the process of ________________.

When compared to students who have mastery goals, a student who has performance goals is more likely to:

___________ is a step-by-step problem-solving procedure that, when done properly, guarantees a correct solution to a problem.

A student should be most pleased with which of the following exam scores, because it would represent the highest score on an exam (taking into account the performance of who took the exam)?

Carlos, a junior in high school, insists that dropping out of high school will not result in decreased pay, because he has a cousin who dropped out of high school and became a millionaire. Carlos is exhibiting which cognitive bias?

Tara’s teacher has begun to ignore her tendency to get out of her seat and wander around the classroom. The teacher instead praises Tara every time she remains in her seat throughout an entire lesson. The teacher is attempting to use:

Areas of the brain containing cells that respond during the perception of an action by someone else and when performing that action oneself are called the:  

An experiment was conducted to assess the efficiency of wind turbines. Four different types of wind turbines were assessed. The sample sizes of each type are as follows: Type A: 14Type B: 19Type C: 6Type D: 10 How many degrees of freedom are associated with the Error Sum of Squares (SSE)?

What is the primary function of anti-diuretic hormone (ADH)?