Brian finds that he wins more money and plays longer at the…

Brian finds that he wins more money and plays longer at the blackjack tables, than he does at the slot machines, where he has lost all his money quickly when he has visited casinos. Given this information, Brian’s tendency to sit at the blackjack tables rather than at the slot machines is _________ behavior.

An organism’s set of unconditioned reflex responses – such a…

An organism’s set of unconditioned reflex responses – such as salivating to food– are behaviors which can occur even in newborn infants, without any prior learning being necessary.  These behaviors are primarily under the control of which of the determinants of behavior?

Billy “threatened to hurt his brother” 3 times in one hour. …

Billy “threatened to hurt his brother” 3 times in one hour.   This number, “3 times in an hour” represents a dimensional quantity whose measurement is always given as / – (which can also be phrased as: “response cycles per unit of time”).  This dimensional quantity is: