Changing behavior through the reinforcement of successive approximations of a desired response is called ________
a. modeling
b. negative reinforcement
c. shaping
d. classical conditioning
Answer: c
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The process of adjustment relates to
a. how people deal with stress. c. friendship and love. b. behavior in groups. d. all of these.
Within the scientific method, once a researcher poses a question, her next step is to:
draw conclusions. run an experiment. select a group of participants. develop a hypothesis.
Allison likes to attend off-campus parties on the weekend. She attends one almost every weekend and always drinks at least four or more beers. At least twice, Allison has suffered from a blackout. Allison is engaging in _____ drinking.
Fill in the blank with correct word
Which statement about the relationships among income, education, occupational status, and health in the United States is true?
A) Income, education, and occupational status show strong, continuous relationships with almost every disease and health indicator over the lifespan. B) Improving socioeconomic conditions would do little to close ethnic gaps in health because there is no evidence that SES accounts for the white health advantage. C) Variations in health and mortality due to SES are smaller in the United States than in other industrialized nations because poor U.S. families are financially better off. D) In the United States, SES groups experience smaller inequalities in environmental factors that affect health, such as housing, pollution, and education.