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Question
According to Skinner, a reinforcer is anything that:A. reduces a biological drive
B. confirms an organism's expectancies
C. provides the organism with useful information
D. changes the rate with which a response is made
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C. fully functioning
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B. being motivated and working with goal-oriented perception
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A. sublimation
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A. Sublimation
B. Projection
C. Identification
D. Repression
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A. reflex action
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A. hypnotized
B. inherently predisposed to hysteria
C. below average in intelligence
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A. All hysteric symptoms are caused by lesions in the brain.
B. Hysteric symptoms occur only in patients who are hypnotized.
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D. Traumatic experience causes certain ideas to become dissociated from consciousness where they become strong enough to cause hysterical symptoms.
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A. a sign of mental pathology; perfectly normal
B. perfectly normal; a sign of mental pathology
C. a sign of sexual conflict; the result of prolonged concentration
D. the result of prolonged concentration; a sign of sexual conflict