Your dog jumps up on you when you get home
You eliminate this behavior by withholding your attention and ignoring the dog when it jumps on you. This is called
a. classical conditioning.
b. negative reinforcement.
c. punishment.
d. operant extinction.
ANSWER: d
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Jim thinks it would be funny to replace Dwight's regular after-work pitcher of beer with non-alcoholic brew without telling him. Research suggests that after drinking this pitcher, Dwight would
a. be much less aggressive than he usually is after drinking alcoholic beer. b. exhibit a severe form of alcohol myopia. c. potentially be just as aggressive as usual given his expectation that he has consumed alcohol. d. be less likely than usual to engage in displacement because of the lack of alcohol-associated excitation.
The reflex that occurs when the infant is tipped off balance in any direction and that appears to relate to the attainment of upright posture is the
A. parachuting reflex B. Moro reflex C. head-righting reflex D. pull-up reflex
_______________ is a set of mental operations that organize sensory impulses into meaningful patterns
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