When a child says, "Nobody like me," his parents typically:
A) respond more to the grammatical mistake than to the child's meaning.
B) respond more to the child's meaning than to the grammatical mistake.
C) respond equally to the child's meaning and to the grammatical mistake.
D) say nothing in an attempt to extinguish incorrect syntax.
B) respond more to the child's meaning than to the grammatical mistake.
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Emotional self-regulation refers to
A) the automatic process infants use to respond to others' emotions. B) the active seeking of emotional information from a trusted person in an uncertain situation. C) a higher-order set of feelings, including guilt, shame, and envy. D) the strategies children use to adjust their emotional state to a comfortable level of intensity.
When a client is involved in tests that approximate situations people face in real life and that may elicit a certain problem behavior, he/she is participating in a
a. directed observation. b. controlled observation. c. consensual observation. d. naturalistic observation.
Kristin wants to go out and play, but her mother has said no. Kristin goes to her room and plays her rock music very loudly. The noise drives her mother crazy and Kristin is allowed to go out and play if she will turn off her music. In this example, ____ was a form of negative reinforcement.
A. playing the music B. turning off the music C. going crazy D. going out to play
Lori wants to decrease the amount of pop that she drinks, and she arranges a contingency for meeting her goal. If she drinks more than two cans of pop during the day, she cannot watch television in the evening. What type of contingency has Lori arranged?
a. positive reinforcement b. negative reinforcement c. positive punishment d. negative punishment