If you work hard all semester in a class to get an A, the delay between your hard work and the final grade should be a detriment to your learning, but it is not detrimental for several reasons. Which of following would NOT be a plausible reason for this occurrence?
a. As a mature human, you can anticipate future rewards.
b. You get reinforced by quiz and test grades all through the semester.
c. A single reinforcer can often maintain a linked series of actions that lead to the final reinforcement of an A for the class.
d. Response-contingent reinforcement does not have an effect on adults, only animals and young children.
D
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a. concrete operational b. initiative vs. guilt c. preoperational d. formal operational e. industry vs. inferiority
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A. fixed action patterns B. homeostatic mechanisms C. extrinsic motives D. intrinsic motives
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a. cognitive distortion. b. anxiety predisposition. c. cognitive rigidity. d. anxiety sensitivity.
Which of the following statements is Answer: False?
a. In most areas of America, a basically "Puritan Way of Death" persisted until the 19th century. b. The "ideology of separate spheres" contributed to more open discussion of death in American society. c. At the turn of the 20th century, the funeral industry attempted to keep death out of sight and out of mind. d. Middle-class Americans wished to experience death with order.