If you drive through a red traffic light, you may get a ticket. If the light is green, you will not get a ticket. In operant conditioning terms, the red and green lights serve as
a. facilitating stimuli.
b. reinforcing stimuli.
c. avoidance stimuli.
d. discriminative stimuli.
D
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According to your textbook, which of the following themes do infants have the ability to attribute to people's behaviors?
a. deceptiveness b. conceptuality c. intentionality d. awareness
Which statement best exemplifies the second phase of ethnic identity achievement? a. "I don't need to listen to the tape on Scottish legends."
b. "I feel a strong sense of Scottish heritage.". c. "I don't want to be considered a Scottish American; I just want to be an American.". d. "I wonder what kinds of events take place at a festival celebrating Scottish heritage.".
In the early 1900s, when only a minority attended postprimary school, it was
A) commonplace for high school students to work full-time jobs. B) uncommon for people to view school and work as mutually exclusive. C) uncommon for students to work. D) commonplace for high school students to work part-time jobs.
Research on deaf infants reveal which of the following comparisons in language development when compared with non-deaf infants?
a. Deaf infants appear to not babble, as do non-deaf infants. b. Mothers of deaf and non-deaf children both employ infant-directed speech. c. Deaf infants do not seem to overextend when acquiring language. d. Deaf infants are more likely to demonstrate underextensions when acquiring language.