A kindergarten teacher wants to reduce the amount of aggressiveness children display in her class and on the playground. Using operant conditioning principles, the teacher should ____
a. use negative reinforcers to decrease the behavior
b. pair aggressiveness with some pleasant stimulus
c. eliminate the reinforcement associated with aggressiveness
d. encourage the children to get the aggressiveness out of their systems
C
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A strenuous daily exercise program:
a. can lead to the early onset of puberty in females b. has no effect on the onset of puberty in females c. can delay the onset of puberty in females d. can prolong the length of puberty in females
Grace's actions resemble movie stereotypes of "crazy" behavior. Her personality disintegration is extreme. She engages in silly laughter, bizarre mannerisms, and obscene behavior. Her diagnosis is probably __________ schizophrenia
a. paranoid b. borderline c. catatonic d. disorganized
Name the three types of temperament identified by Thomas and Chess
What will be an ideal response?
In Masuda and colleagues' (2008) study of cross-cultural perceptions of emotion,
a. eye-tracking technology is used to demonstrate that American participants spend less time looking at the peripheral individuals surrounding the central figure than do Japanese participants. b. American participants' perceptions of the central figure's emotional state are significantly influenced by the emotions of the peripheral individuals. c. context has little influence on the social perception processes of the participants. d. American participants begin by looking at the peripheral individuals before shifting their attention to the central individuals.