Nicolas has autistic disorder and is mute. A therapist working with Nicolas initially gave him a piece of chocolate any time he made a sound with his lips. This slowly changed until Nicolas only received a piece of chocolate for saying complete words, and eventually only for saying complete sentences. In this example, Nicolas developed speech skills through the use of
a. classical conditioning.
b. modeling.
c. shaping.
d. negative reinforcement.
C
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What will be an ideal response?
Which question is best addressed with the experimental strategy? a. What is the average number of text messages that a typical adolescent sends in a month?
b. Is there a relationship between the number of text messages that adolescents send each month and the number of pages of leisure reading done by adolescents? c. Does decreasing the number of text messages that can be sent by adolescents cause an increase in number of pages read for leisure? d. Do teenagers who text less get better grades?
Test-retest reliability can only be assessed:
A) when a survey contains two or more different items B) when two different forms of a measure are administered at the same time C) when participants fill out the same measure on more than one occasion D) when multiple judges independently assess the same behavior or performance
The technique of free association was intended to
a. project the concerns of the therapist into the patient's thoughts. b. allow the therapist to gather clues about the client's unconscious impulses. c. suppress memory. d. interpret the symbolic meaning of dreams. e. allow the client to sublimate their impulses.