Billy has trouble sitting still in class, so his teacher implements a program in which she praises Billy for staying in his seat. Billy's sitting behavior increases, and the teacher concludes her praise was responsible. The teacher does not realize Billy has started taking medication that causes fatigue. The medication would be an example of a(n) __________ variable
a. independent
b. extraneous
c. dependent
d. behavioral
b
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Which of the following is NOT an example of operantly learned behavior?
a. a child doing her homework after she receives her teacher's approval for her behavior b. a rat pressing a bar after receiving food for this behavior c. a dog blinking its eyes after a flash of light is presented d. a rat pressing a bar after avoiding a shock for this behavior
Little Morris really seems to love his father, Loukas. Whenever Loukas leaves the room, Morris becomes very upset. Morris also likes to go to Loukas whenever they're in the same place. Morris always looks at Loukas to make sure everything is okay before trying anything new and will go to Loukas right away if something becomes scary. John Bowlby would say that Morris is in which phase of
infant-parent attachment? A) Indiscriminate social responsiveness B) Discriminating sociability C) Attachments D) Goal-corrected partnerships
Which statement accurately represents the behaviorist view of conditioning children’s language development?
a) Ms. Nelson positively reinforces her son’s interest in reading by taking away his favorite video game. b) Mr. Enriquez negatively reinforces his daughter’s desire to learn by giving her a piece of candy each time she accurately recites the alphabet. c) Carlisle’s scout leader invites her scouts to sing along with her while she teaches them the lyrics to a new camp song. d) To encourage recitation of weekly oral reading lessons, Derrick’s teacher makes fun of pronunciation mistakes students make while reading aloud.
Not all children diagnosed with ADHD have exactly the same symptoms. Children who are primarily inattentive have difficulty with
a. intruding in conversations. b. excessive locomotion. c. failure to complete tasks. d. talking too much at inappropriate times