A fourth grade teacher realized that one of his students was misbehaving in order to receive attention. The teacher decided to ignore all instances of the misbehavior. The teacher is using ______
a. the Premack principle c. negative reinforcement
b. extinction d. avoidance training
b
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Physiological responses to stress occur via two major pathways through which the ____ conveys signals to the ____
a. pituitary gland; endocrine system b. pituitary gland; autonomic nervous system c. hypothalamus; endocrine system d. hypothalamus; autonomic nervous system
Which of the following was NOT one of the findings of Bandura's classic Bo-Bo doll experiment?
a. Most of the children imitated the model's attack on the Bo-Bo doll. b. Some of the children added new aggressive acts toward the doll that were not performed by the model. c. The cartoon model was only slightly less effective in encouraging aggression than the live model and the filmed model. d. The children imitated the cartoon and live models of children, but did not imitate the filmed adult models.
For an adult, the death of his or her parent or grandparent is likely to
a. initiate his or her place in the "sandwich generation" b. inaugurate the "empty nest syndrome" c. provide a "developmental push" d. all of these e. none of these
Nitrous oxide ("laughing gas") is a Schedule I controlled substance
Indicate whether the statement is true or false