Healthier eating habits make people feel better and give them more energy over the long run. Yet many people do not improve their eating habits, especially if healthful foods are difficult and time-consuming to prepare. Three of the following are possible explanations for the lack of improvement (i.e., behavior change) in people's eating habits. Judging from what you have learned about
instrumental conditioning, choose the alternative that is not a likely explanation.
a. Extrinsic reinforcers are usually more effective than intrinsic reinforcers.
b. Eating junk food also has its reinforcers.
c. From a cost-benefit perspective, change is not worthwhile.
d. Reinforcement (in the form of feeling healthier) is delayed.
a
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a) the effects of war or preparation for war on jobs. b) underemployment as a solution for unemployment. c) a widening gap between rich and poor with a declining middle class. d) decreasing numbers of temporary and part-time workers.
All children’s classroom displays should be hung at their eye level
a. True b. False
The traditional view of ________ is one that involves evaluating the points of view that are represented in texts
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Lipsitz contends that adolescents need all but which of the following?
a. opportunities for self-exploration and self-definition b. meaningful participation in school and community c. positive social interaction with peers and adults d. parental and teacher approval