Naomi continued to text with her friends at the dinner table even after being told numerous times not to do so. Her parents then took her phone away for a week. This is an example of __________
a. positive punishment.
b. negative punishment.
c. positive reinforcement.
d. negative reinforcement.
Answer: B
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a. Joan, who says her legs have been paralyzed for six months but who shows no muscle atrophy b. Keith, who goes from doctor to doctor complaining of pains and symptoms in many different parts of his body c. Lilly, who constantly thinks about the size of her ears and wants plastic surgery to reconstruct them d. Wes, who has had backaches that have gone on longer than his doctor thinks is reasonable
Using the criteria of Occam's Razor, a good theory is one that is the _____ explanation for the available data
A) most complex B) most popular C) most conventional D) most simple
All of the following are examples of alternative techniques for conception EXCEPT
A) in vitro fertilization. B) cryopreservation. C) nucleotide mapping. D) surrogacy.
Compared to Kretschmer's theory, Sheldon's theory concentrates more on
a. early childhood vulnerabilities. b. normal qualities of personality. c. gender differences in body type and personality. d. skeletal and muscular differences.