The more Sherri whines at her mother, the more her mother pays attention to her. When her mother starts to pay attention, Sherri stops whining, which increases her mother's tendency to pay attention to her. Sherri's mother's behavior has been
a. positively reinforced.
b. negatively reinforced.
c. punished.
d. coerced.
B
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a. retrospective memory. b. semantic memory. c. procedural memory. d. prospective memory.
"Crabs" is to pubic lice as "clap" is to:
a. Herpes b. Gonorrhea c. Syphilis d. Chlamydia
The reason the foot-in-the-door technique can work is that
a. people are weak-minded. b. people will yield to imagined pressure. c. people want to be consistent in their self-perception. d. people are easily fooled.
Unlike quantitative research, qualitative research is guided as much by the ______ as by the researcher.
A. theory B. participant C. population D. statistical analysis