Zhang is attempting to alter the behavior of his son by controlling the consequences of his son's actions. Zhang is practicing
A. social learning theory
B. negative reinforcement
C. operant conditioning
D. ecological theory
Answer: C
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a. the ideal self b. self-reinforcement c. the superego d. the trait of honesty
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a. is sensitive to very high or very low scores in a distribution. b. gives the score actually obtained by the greatest number of people. c. is very reliable when there is a small group of scores. d. is the most valid inferential statistic that one can use.
Gender identity can be defined as ____.
A. the pattern of one's sex chromosomes B. the sex one identifies with and calls oneself C. sexual awareness present in almost all mammalian species D. the set of activities presumed to be common for one sex or another in a society
Contrast theoretical research with applied research
What will be an ideal response?