Positive reinforcement increases the strength of a behavior
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Your authors give several examples of how research in human development has shaped social policies in the United States of America. Which social policy issues have NOT, according to your text, been affected by research on human development?
a. elimination of typical newborn immunizations because they are no longer medically necessary b. the elimination of a mandatory retirement age c. the Americans with Disabilities Act d. methods for determining whether an adolescent offender should be tried as a juvenile or an adult
Bart has a very unhealthy lifestyle, which is marked by the presence of a number of
a. health refusal factors. b. behavioral risk factors. c. cultural stressors. d. Type B personality traits.
Axons from the gustatory nucleus synapse in the _________ of the thalamus.
A. MGN B. ventral posterior medial (VPM) nucleus C. VP nucleus D. intralaminar nuclei
According to Ebbinghaus, a person who uses only maintenance rehearsal to store information will remember how much of it one month later?
A. About 20 percent B. Nearly 40 percent C. Less than 5 percent D. Over 50 percent