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1. In a correlation study, an electrical company paid by city officials finds that as politicians reduce the budget for maintenance work, the less likely they are to find lucrative contracts. These results indicate _____________.
  1. the less money city politicians allocate to maintenance work, the more lucrative are the contracts
  2. the more money city politicians allocate to maintenance work, the less lucrative are the contracts
  3. the less money city politicians allocate to maintenance work, the less lucrative are the contracts
  4. the local budget restricts do not affect the size of construction company contracts
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2. People who suffer from clinical depression believe all of the following EXCEPT:
  1. that things are hopeless now but will improve in time
  2. that they are worthless as human beings
  3. that they do not have enough energy for everyday obligations
  4. that they cannot get enough rest from sleep
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3. The instructor gives you a list of famous psychologies to memorize. During an examination, he presents multiple choices in the answers. This is a test of ___________.
  1. recall
  2. recognition
  3. torture
  4. priming
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4. When conducting operant learning, an individual will likely go back to instinctive behavior which is an example of _______________________.
  1. stubbornness
  2. instinctive hallucination
  3. instinctive drift
  4. instinctive pigheadedness
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5. You train a puppy to push a lever that would release a snack by _____________________________.
  1. giving reinforcement at exact times of the day it is hungry
  2. beginning reinforcement when it pushes the lever
  3. giving reinforcement with every step it takes
  4. beginning reinforcement as soon as it walks toward the lever
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