Author Question: When Charlie the cat was a kitten, he just happened to be near the kitchen when his owner used an ... (Read 439 times)

Marty · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

When Charlie the cat was a kitten, he just happened to be near the kitchen when his owner used an electric can opener to open a can of tuna for him to eat. Curious about this strange sound, Charlie went to the kitchen and found the tuna in his dish. Now, no matter how deep his coma-like sleep is when someone uses the electric can opener for any reason, Charlie scrambles to his feet and sprints to the kitchen. This story about Charlie is an example of

a. social learning.
b. information processing.
c. operant conditioning.
d. simple conditioning.

Question 2

One of the main characteristics of performance tests is that they

a. lend themselves to consistent scoring.
b. are less expensive to administer than written tests.
c. are conducted under more or less realistic conditions.
d. can be administered and scored about as efficiently as written tests.