question : You are at a basketball game and the arena is packed; the crowd is evenly split between fans of the two teams. At one point, the referee makes a call. Half of the fans yell insults; the other half of the fans shout their approval. The event reminds you of the topic of today's lecture in psychology class. What was the likely topic of the lecture?

Student Answer: * bias

experiments

psychoanalysis

extraneous variables

Instructor Explanation: Chapter 1 page 4 The fans are showing bias and this is an important issue.

Points Received: 2 of 2 Comments:

Question 2. Question : The school of behaviorism attempted to explain behavior by studying

Student Answer: the reasons people give for their behaviors.

the specific personality traits that lead to behavior.

* how a specific stimulus evokes a specific response.

the purposes of people's behavior.

Instructor Explanation: Chapter 1 page 11 This relationship, called a stimulus-response association, is one of the major foundations of behaviorism.

Points Received: 2 of 2 Comments:

Question 3. Question : Who claimed that behavior is affected by reinforcement?

Student Answer: William James

Sigmund Freud

* B. F. Skinner

Wilhelm Wundt

Instructor Explanation: Chapter 1 page 12-13 Skinner believed that behavior that is followed by good consequences is reinforced.

Points Received: 2 of 2 Comments:

Question 4. Question : In the 1970s, a 13-year-old girl was found locked up in a room, strapped to a potty chair. Since she had grown up in a world without human speech, researchers studied "Genie's" ability to acquire words, grammar, and pronunciation. This type of research is called _____________.