In operant conditioning, the technical term for the "reward"is the
A) rewarding stimulus
B) reinforcing stimulus
C) conditioned stimulus
D) stimulus recovery
B
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According to Chapter 13 of your textbook, sexual harassment is an important topic to study because
a. it demonstrates that women have more sexual power than they might imagine. b. it allows women to realize that they can be strengthened by potentially harmful events. c. it provides a clear-cut example of a problem that both liberals and conservatives can condemn as harmful to women. d. it illustrates how women are dehumanized and forced to become victims of sexist treatment.
Describe three major reasons why an adolescent should not work long hours while in school. Why do so many adolescents work in spite of these consequences?
What will be an ideal response?
A therapist providing treatment for a woman who is clinically depressed develops an incentive program to help her engage more in social activities. For every approved activity that she completes, she wins points that later can be exchanged for items she finds desirable. The therapist is using a version of _____, and this treatment is consistent with the theoretical orientation of _____.
A) interpersonal therapy; Carl Rogers B) person-centreed therapy; Carl Rogers C) systematic desensitization; B. F. Skinner D) a token economy; B. F. Skinner
Compared to a typical female brain, a typical male brain will have a _____ proportion of white matter in _____
a) higher; their left hemisphere. b) similar; both hemispheres. c) lower; their left hemisphere. d) lower; their right hemisphere.