Sixteen-year-old Sally knows not to use foul language in front of her father, because he washes her mouth out with soap when she does. With her friends, however, she can speak however she wants with no fear of being punished. In this example, Sally’s father would be a(n)
a. establishing operation.
b. discriminative stimulus.
c. conditioned stimulus.
d. conditioned reinforce.
Ans: b
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a. the mental hygiene movement. b. institutionalization in asylums. c. supernatural treatment. d. moral treatment.
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A. Repression B. Sublimation C. Displacement D. Projection
Freud used the term identification to refer to . . .
a. Similarity in behaviors between a child and his parents b. The process that brings about that similarity c. The motive to imitate someone d. All of the above