Brian has been teaching his son to shoot a basketball correctly. Initially, Brian lowered the backboard and used a smaller ball to increase the chances his son would shoot the ball correctly. Once his son begins having success, Brian begins to raise the backboard and use a larger ball. This is an example of:

a. stimulus delay
b. stimulus fading
c. prompt delay
d. prompt fading


b

Psychology

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Psychology

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

According to the research on nicotine and cigarette smoking, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. For a nonsmoker, 50 to 75 milligrams of nicotine taken in a single dose could be lethal. b. A 30-minute exposure to one pinch of smokeless tobacco is equivalent to smoking three or four cigarettes. c. Withdrawal symptoms for nicotine may last from two to six weeks and may even be worse than heroin withdrawal. d. Second-hand smoke can lead to minor respiratory problems, but has not resulted in any deaths.

Psychology

____ are the baby's earliest vocalizations other than crying, and they appear by the age of two months

a. Babbles b. Transformational lexical phonemes c. Prelinguistic fast-mappers d. Coos

Psychology