According to the information in the article Yoking Smokingabout operant conditioning, the least effective
way to get people to quit smoking was the schedule called
(a) progressive
(b) fixed
(c) interval
(d) yoked control
D
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What is considered the most rigorous type of evaluation used by researchers to determine whether a therapy "works"?
A. Double-blind study B. Efficacy study C. Blind study D. Manualized study
Studies looking at whether depressed parents negatively affect their infants have shown that __________.
A. depressed mothers are overly responsive to their infants' facial expressions B. depression in either the mother or the father can be transmitted to the next generation C. fathers tend to blame themselves when children are depressed, but mothers blame the children D. both mothers and fathers engage in impulsive, antisocial behaviors that children mimic
The research of O. Ivar Lovaas (1989) found that what type of treatment was effective with autistic children?
a. Mild electric shock therapy b. One-to-one behavior modification c. Use of major tranquilizers d. Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
A theory that sees children as developing through distinct periods of life is called ____.
A. a cognitive theory B. a social theory C. a psychosexual theory D. a stage theory