Lately, you have been reinforcing your child's temper tantrums with your attention
If you withhold your attention,
ignoring the temper tantrums for several days, they will eventually stop. A psychologist would call this effect
a. aversive conditioning.
b. shaping.
c. negative reinforcement.
d. extinction.
ANSWER: d
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a. it is generally better to choose a therapist the same sex as yourself. b. it is generally better to choose a therapist the opposite sex as yourself. c. you should feel free to look for a therapist of one sex or the other if it is personally important to you. d. both men and women report better outcomes when seeing female therapists.
Discuss the relationship between involvement in religion and the positive effects of social support
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Alpha brain waves are
a. low-amplitude waves of 8 to 13 cycles per second. b. emitted when we close our eyes and relax before going to sleep. c. seen during REM sleep. d. a and b.
Which of the following helps to explain why preoperational children's thinking keeps them from being able to understand the idea of conservation?
A) They tend to spend too much time on reversibility, or mentally reversing the steps in a problem back to the starting point. B) They tend to focus more on the dynamic transformation of a situation without giving adequate attention to beginning and ending states. C) They have a significant grasp on the idea that appearances can change without changing the fundamental characteristics of the situation. D) Their understanding is characterized by centration in which they focus on one aspect of the situation while ignoring other important features.