The process through which a response is taught by rewarding successive approximations to the final desired response is referred to as __________

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shaping

Psychology

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Colby's 20-year longitudinal study of moral reasoning showed that

a. nearly half of adults had no moral progression at all. b. many individuals skip stages in Kohlberg's sequence. c. pet ownership relates to higher moral reasoning. d. for most adults, their highest reasoning is at the conventional level (level four).

Psychology

The monocular cue of overlapping is based on our experience that partially covered objects are

a. farther away than the objects obscuring them. b. closer than the objects obscuring them c. the same distance than the objects obscuring them. d. the same shape as the objects obscuring them.

Psychology

Diane, a keyboard specialist, adapted to her stressful job with few complaints. Now, a year later, Diane has chronic headaches from the demands of her boss to meet deadlines and to type accurately

Such stress-related illnesses are likely to occur in which stage of the general adaptation syndrome? a. alarm b. resistance c. exhaustion d. the intermediate stage

Psychology

A time in development when a particular event has its greatest impact is known as a(n)

a. important period. c. critical period. b. sensitive period. d. definitive period.

Psychology