The specific antecedents and consequences that cause a person to perform a behavior are called its
a. setting events.
b. causal factors.
c. maintaining conditions.
d. stimulus controls.
c
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Which of the following is involved in stimulus discrimination training?
a. when the discriminative stimulus is present the behavior is reinforced b. when the S-delta is present the behavior gets reinforced c. the discriminative stimulus controls the behavior d. all of these
Melissa has just been released from the hospital after a long illness. Prior to her illness, she had been a part of a study in which she was asked what her preferences were for life-sustaining treatment had the need arose. If she were asked now about her preferences, what would her likely response be?
A. She would likely report the same preferences she did before her hospitalization. B. She would likely report less desire for life-sustaining treatment than she had previously. C. She would likely report more desire for life-sustaining treatment than she had previously. D. none of the above
Words have no physical resemblance to the concepts they represent, and function as social
conventions. In Piaget's terminology, words are a. symbols. b. signs. c. identifiers. d. signifiers. e. stabilizers.
The approach to understanding motivation that is based solely on the belief in the need for stimulation is the __________ approach.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).