Phoebe has taught her cat Sonia to rollover in order to obtain a piece of cat food. One morning after feeding. Phoebe tries to get Sonia to roll over but Sonja refuses to comply. Which of Thorndike’s laws best explains this failure?
A. law of effect
B. law of contiguity
C. law of contingency
D. law of readiness
D. law of readiness
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a. True b. False
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a. being controlling and blaming the client for not making progress. b. making verbal threats to the client. c. encouraging prolonged dependence on him or her. d. exhibiting any of these characteristics.
Two-year-old Michael already knows the meaning of the word dog. One day when he is at a park with his mother, they see a dog and his mother points to the dog and says, "That's a collie." Michael is likely to conclude that
a. his mother does not know what a dog is. b. all dogs are called collies. c. a collie is a special type of dog. d. collie refers to some part of the dog, such as its head or tail or neck.
The standard notation for describing single-case designs uses a(n) ________ to refer to the
baseline measurement, and a(n) ________ to refer to the outcome measurement. A) A; O B) A; B C) B; A D) B; O