After implementing a policy where students can earn extra recess time with their good behaviour, Miss Hobbes observes that her first-grade students have been better behaved. This illustrates which behavioural process?
A) positive reinforcement
B) negative reinforcement
C) positive punishment
D) negative punishment
A) positive reinforcement
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You think all professors are uncoordinated, but then you see your social psychology professor make a diving catch down the left-field line at an intramural softball game against the Arts Department team. You also notice that your professor hits lead-off for the team and is able to score from second base on a ground-out. You maintain your original stereotype of professors as uncoordinated by
deciding that this one individual is an exception to the rule because he is a "young professor.". This is an example of a. social identity theory. b. implicit personality theory. c. subtyping. d. a self-fulfilling prophecy.
A clinical psychologist has determined that if a patient takes a particular drug, then that patient will cease having a particular troubling symptom. This psychologist has identified a _____.
a. relativist law b. preparadigmatic law c. correlational law d. causal law
Robin Miller and Marybeth Shinn point out that both research to practice models and community-centered models of program implementation:
a. assume that the development of new interventions always begins with researchers. b. ignore the fact that many communities have developed effective prevention programs on their own. c. are based upon learning from indigenous prevention efforts. d. both ‘a' and ‘b'.
The mere exposure effect is related primarily to which aspect of attraction?
a. ?similarity b. ?proximity c. ?attractiveness d. ?balance