Mary arrives home to find her son washing the dirty dishes left from his party the night before. When she discovers his first-semester grade report on the table and sees that he got straight A's, Mary says,
"Oh honey, you did such a good job on your report card. I'll do those dishes for you." Which operant process does the example illustrate?
a. positive punishment
b. negative punishment
c. negative reinforcement
d. positive reinforcement
Answer: c
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Regarding the use of behavior therapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Naturally aversive actions, such as creating a taste aversion to overeating, are easy to apply to one's personal behavior. b. Intensive behavioral techniques, such as the use of electric shocks or rapid smoking, are difficult for most people to carry out on their own. c. In covert sensitization, aversive imagery is used to reduce the occurrence of an undesirable response. d. In thought stopping, aversive stimuli are used to interrupt or prevent upsetting thoughts.
Food offered to children in schools tends to be:
a. reflective of the dietary recommendations made by the food pyramid. b. primarily fish, poultry, and whole grains. c. heavy on sugar and animal fats. d. low in sodium.
Correlational studies are designed to minimize other possible explanations.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The term _____ refers to the extent to which events occur in close physical proximity to each other
A) ?temporal contiguity B) ?spatial contiguity C) ?temporal contingency D) ?spatial contingency