If you are helping a person relearn how to walk after a stroke, you begin by reinforcing the person for being able to stand with a walker, then taking a step, then taking another step, then moving the walker and taking another step and so on. You are using the behavioral procedure known as
a. reciprocal inhibition.
b. shaping.
c. stimulus control.
d. classical conditioning.
B
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a. somatoform disorder. b. social phobia. c. specific phobia. d. situational type phobia.
Describe the health psychology technique known as values affirmation.
What will be an ideal response?
Cell bodies of the photoreceptors are located in the _________ area.
A. inner nuclear B. outer nuclear C. inner plexiform D. outer plexiform
Which of the following statements about grandparent-adolescent relationships is TRUE?
A) Adolescents' relationships with grandparents tend to be best during early adolescence and then declines slightly over the rest of the adolescent period. B) Grandchildren usually spend more time with their mothers' parents than with their fathers' parents. C) Authority-oriented grandparenting is a style in which grandparents are highly involved and help discipline their grandchildren. D) all of the above