Marian is very late coming in from her date. Her parents scold her for 30 minutes and then "ground" her (take away her dating privilege) for two weeks. Marian is experiencing
a. punishment.
b. negative reinforcement.
c. nonreinforcement.
d. stimulus control.
A
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By exposing Nate to involvement in activities that would not normally be part of a child’s life (such as participation in gymnastics), Nate’s parents function as
a. co-regulators. b. authoritarian parents. c. gatekeepers. d. friends.
Beryl is doing homework for her statistics class. When she checks the answer she has just calculated for the problem she has been working on, she finds it is incorrect. She is frustrated and tells her roommate, "I don't know why I'm even trying, I'll never catch on in this course. I should just give up now.". Beryl's statements reflect:
a. Type A thinking b. burnout c. catastrophizing d. general adaptation syndrome
The concrete operational stage of cognitive development is
A. the second of Piaget's stages B. the third of Piaget's stages C. the fourth of Piaget's stages D. the last of Piaget's stages
Adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine are
a. enzymes or organic catalysts. b. the building blocks of RNA. c. sex-specific alleles. d. dominant Mendelian traits. e. the building blocks of DNA.