Experience Plays a Role in Spatial Task Performance

question 32

Multiple Choice

Experience plays a role in spatial task performance. Evidence confirming this role comes from

• A) a study that indicated that people who are better at spatial performance participated in physical activity.
• B) a study that indicated that allowing women to familiarize themselves with the computer also erased the gender difference on the spatial task performed on the computer.
• C) a study that indicated that men who are good at verbal skills are also good at spatial skills.
• D) both a and b
• E) all of the above

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Definitions:

Fixed-Ratio Schedule

A reinforcement strategy in behavioral psychology where a response is rewarded only after a specified number of responses.

Continuous

Pertaining to an uninterrupted occurrence or operation over time.

Fixed-Interval

A schedule of reinforcement where the first response after a specified amount of time has elapsed is rewarded.

Fixed Mindset

The belief that one's abilities, intelligence, and talents are fixed traits and cannot be significantly developed or improved.