Operant Conditioning Got Its Start with E

question 80

True/False

Operant conditioning got its start with E.L. Thorndike's experiments with cats in puzzle boxes.

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Definitions:

Childhood Sexual Abuse

Experiences of sexual activities imposed on a child by an adult or older child, causing potential long-term psychological trauma.

Freudian Slips

Unintended errors in speech or action that are interpreted as revealing subconscious thoughts or desires.

Penis Envy

The envy the female feels toward the male because the male possesses a penis; this is accompanied by a sense of loss because the female does not have a penis.

Female Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic concept referring to a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.