Joan begs her father for a frosted cookie at the bakery but he refuses to buy her one. Joan continues to whine and complain until finally he breaks down and gets her the cookie. For Joan, the cookie is a ________
a. positive punisher
b. positive reinforcer
c. negative reinforcer
d. negative punisher
Answer: b
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A. People are equally likely to be abusive whether they are anonymous or named. B. People are more willing to lie in an email than when using pen and paper. C. People are less willing to "troll" if their profile contains a photo. D. People are kinder if they expect to ever meet others in "real life."
Piaget's fourth stage of cognitive development, which extends from eleven or twelve years of age on, is:
A) concrete operational. B) formal operational. C) preoperational. D) sensorimotor.
According to Piaget, formal operational thinking differs from the thinking of previous stages in that it involves all of the following EXCEPT:
A) abstract thinking. B) hypothetical reasoning. C) introspection. D) transductive reasoning.