Any event that follows a response and decreases the likelihood of the response occurring again is referred to as
a. negative reinforcement.
b. punishment.
c. positive reinforcement.
d. secondary reinforcement.
ANSWER: b
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a. gender differences would be larger if the researchers had gathered unbiased samples. b. the researchers' expectations probably had little effect on the results of this study. c. the scores of the females and the scores of the males would probably show little overlap. d. these results are consistent with other research on creativity.
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A) cognitive synthesis. B) scaffolding. C) assistive reassurance. D) proximal development.
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A. Aphonia B. Dysphonia C. Dysarthria D. Logorrhoea E. Logoclonia
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A) bimodal. B) symmetrical. C) kurtotic. D) skewed.