Stanley Klein and Colleagues (2002) Found That After Rating a Personality

question 35

Multiple Choice

Stanley Klein and colleagues (2002) found that after rating a personality adjective for self-descriptiveness, participants were ________ to recall a time in which they exhibited the characteristic, suggesting that self-characteristics ________ linked to recall of specific past behaviors.

• A)faster; are
• B)slower; are not
• C)equally fast; are
• D)equally fast; are not

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Definitions:

Operant Behavior

A type of behavior that is controlled by its consequences, including rewards and punishments.

Elicited

Refers to a response that is drawn out or evoked by a specific stimulus or condition.

Intermittent Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule in which a reward or punishment (reinforcement) is not given every time the desired response is performed, making the response more resistant to extinction.

Continuous Reinforcement

A schedule of reinforcement in which a desirable behavior is rewarded every time it occurs, leading to rapid learning.