________ is a severe developmental disorder that appears early in life and is characterized by difficulties in both verbal and nonverbal communication, and avoidance of social contact.
What will be an ideal response?
Autism spectrum disorder
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Which of the following is true concerning the use of praise in a token economy?
a. praise is a not natural conditioned reinforcer for most people b. praise is faded once the desirable behavior begins to occur regularly c. praise is continued after the use of tokens has been discontinued d. praise will become more potent if it is only occasionally paired with tokens
______________ occur during REM sleep, while __________________ occur during NREM sleep
A) Night terrors; nightmares B) Nightmares; night terrors C) Ordinary dreams; nightmares. D) Nightmares; ordinary dreams
Jia is a bear trainer at the circus. She wants to teach Barney the bear to ride a unicycle. To do this, Jia first rewards Barney for sitting up. Then she rewards Barney only if he sits on the unicycle seat. Next, she rewards him only for sitting on the unicycle seat and raising his paws toward the pedals and so on. By show time, Barney can ride the unicycle. This method is called
A. higher-order conditioning. B. reconditioning. C. shaping. D. latent learning.
According to the text, oxytocin is released from the _____
a. fetus's liver b. mother's uterus c. fetus's placenta d. mother's pituitary gland