Banging on the wall in an effort to get the person in the next room to turn down the loud music playing there is an operant response. If the music becomes softer, the response becomes more likely to occur in the future when loud music is heard. In other words, the response has been
a. positively punished.
b. negatively punished.
c. positively reinforced.
d. negatively reinforced.
d. negatively reinforced.
Answer feedback: That the response has become more likely to occur indicates that it has been reinforced. That the consequence of the response was the removal of (or escape from) a stimulus otherwise occurring (the loud music) means that the response was negatively reinforced.
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a. visuospatial sketchpad b. memory icon c. phonological loop d. central executive
While Gabe was growing up, his father would get angry and yell and throw objects at the wall. As an adult now, Gabe also yells and throws objects when he gets angry. Gabe learned these behaviors through
a. associative learning. b. respondent conditioning. c. instrumental learning. d. modeling.
If Danny is an average-sized boy, he should be in a car booster seat until he is
A) 8. B) 11. C) 13. D) none of the above
The strategy choice model predicts that when there is a weak association between a problem and its correct answer, children will use ______________ such as counting, guessing, or deriving an answer based on known facts or rules
A) backup strategy B) phonemic awareness C) reconstructive memory D) chunking