Bobby's parents used extinction to get him to stop crying when he had to eat vegetables, by making him eat vegetables despite his crying. One night Bobby has a babysitter, and she does not make him eat his vegetables when he starts crying. As a result, Bobby's behavior of crying when told to eat vegetables:
a. has not been reinforced
b. has been intermittently reinforced
c. has been continuously reinforced
d. A and B
b
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A. people who currently have anxiety will become alcoholics B. alcoholism is a proximal trigger for anxiety C. people who abuse alcohol have a predisposition for developing anxiety D. the psychological processes associated with alcoholism will always trigger anxiety
The main difference between loving and liking is that loving involves which of the following, while liking does not?
a. self-disclosure b. deep mutual absorption c. reciprocity d. all of these
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a. muscles of the vagina and anus repeatedly for 10-second intervals b. abdominal muscles repeatedly for 15-second intervals c. quadriceps and hamstrings repeatedly for 10-second intervals d. muscles of the lower back repeatedly for 10-second intervals
Religious faith and practices ______________________
a. tend to be weaker among African Americans than among Whites in the United States b. are highest among adolescents in Europe compared to adolescents in other countries c. are associated with lower rates of drug use and delinquent behavior d. are as central to the lives of adolescents from divorced families as they are from non-divorced families