A child who has been playing outside in the dirt comes inside, refuses to wash his hands, and gets the refrigerator dirty. His parents force him to clean not only the refrigerator, but the kitchen floor and countertops as well. Behavioral therapists would label this technique as
a. overcorrection.
b. "Grandma's rule.".
c. response cost.
d. negative reinforcement.
A
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conditions will threaten a. the statistical significance of the results. b. the internal validity of the study. c. the external validity of the study. d. the interrater reliability of the study.
In Kaplan and Simon's experiment, they presented different versions of the mutilated checkerboard problem. Participants in the group had the fastest response time
a. blank b. color c. black and pink d. bread and butter
What are the regularly spaced gaps along the myelin sheath?
a) myelin reliefs b) axonal bridges c) nodes of Ranvier d) intercellular spaces
Physical declines brought about by environmental factors of an individual's behavioral choices are called
a) risk factors. b) maturity. c) secondary aging. d) primary aging.