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Question 0

Operant conditioning

Answer 0

A type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished followed by a punishment

Question 1

Operational definition

Answer 1

A statement of the procedures (operations) used to define research variables

Question 2

Oedipal conflict

Answer 2

According to Freud, a boy’s sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father

Question 3

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Answer 3

An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and or actions (compulsions)

Question 4

Obesity (role of hypothalamus)

Answer 4

Maintain a balance between calories eaten and calories burned

Question 5

Novelty preference

Answer 5

Infants are more likely to pay attention to new objects or people than those they have seen before

Question 6

Norms

Answer 6

An understood rule for accepted and expected behavior