Pigs can be operantly conditioned very quickly to deposit coins in a “piggy bank” for food reinforcement. However, with continued training, the effectiveness of the operant behavior declines as the pigs begin to show more instinctive behavior toward the coins. The change in the pigs’ behavior is an example of:

Which of the following set of statements was most likely made by a depressed person, according to Seligman’s revised theory of helplessness?

In times of disasters, such as hurricanes or earthquakes, looters often rob stores. These looters recognize that it is relatively safe to steal since law enforcement is busy dealing with the disaster. In terms of discrimination training, looters are operating in a:

From the behavior systems approach, differences in learning within and between animal species are due to:

Lashley and Wade proposed that generalization occurs when people:

Joe has begun for many years his daily drive to work by stopping by the local café every morning to grab a cup of coffee. The coffee is not as good as it used to be, but Joe still stops. Which of the following causes Joe to stop by the café?

Bill always listens to the traffic news while driving home on the freeway. One day, he hears that there is a major traffic jam about 5 miles ahead of his current location. According to Tolman’s theory of learning, Bill would:

An individual is more likely to become depressed if it is believed that personal problems are due to _________, _________, _________, factors.

Riley’s research on schedule-induced polydipsia in rats shows that:

According to Dickinson, _________ control operant/instrumental behavior early in training; however, with prolonged training, operant/instrumental behavior is governed by _________?