Wearing shorts on a hot summer day is a behavior that is established by way of
A) negative reinforcement.
B) positive reinforcement.
C) punishment.
D) classical conditioning.
Answer: A
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A. You disagree-primates like Kinko have learned to imitate or respond to cues from their human teachers. B. You disagree-no primates have ever been taught to use that many signs. C. You agree-it is a well-established scientific fact. D. You agree-but would add that no one really knows how humans understand language.
Children respond variously to teratogens or to other harmful influences of early development. The variations of outcomes attest that
a. religious faith is essential to overcome disability. b. individual differences among children are important. c. the so-called "self-righting tendency" is a myth. d. nature is developmental destiny.
Amsel proposed that the partial frustration responses and their associated stimulus feedback become _____ to the responses the organism is making
a. extinguished b. motivationally exhausted c. counterconditioned d. blind
The majority of brain-body connections are __________
a. ipsilateral. b. collateral. c. contralateral. d. bilateral.