During summer camp, campers get a sticker each time they demonstrate good sportsmanship. When they have earned 10 stickers, they may select a candy bar. This represents an example of

a. negative reinforcement.
b. primary shaping.
c. classical conditioning.
d. reward generalization.
e. a token economy.


e. a token economy.

Psychology

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a. autocognitive b. formal-cognitive c. concrete-cognitive d. metacognitive

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We now have ways of studying the structures and functions of the brain while it works

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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"Changes associated with activation of emotions" is the definition of

a. effortful control. c. extraversion. b. emotional self-regulation. d. biological sensitivity to context.

Psychology

During the development of your four-year-old nephew's brain, a number of neurons died and many synapses were pruned. As a result, when he is older, he will

A. suffer from intellectual disability. B. probably be totally normal. C. not be able to learn to talk. D. have normal speech, but his intellectual functioning will be lower than normal.

Psychology