The beauty of birthday presents is that you get them once a year. No matter how much you beg, you generally will not get them until the full year has passed. This is an example of a __________ schedule of partial reinforcement
a. fixed interval
b. variable interval
c. variable ratio
d. fixed ratio
Answer: A
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a. postpartum depression. b. postpartum psychosis. c. shared psychosis. d. shared psychotic disorder.
According to the results of cross-cultural research, distal parenting often results in toddlers who are self-aware but less obedient than those who engage in proximal parenting
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
You are a psychologist who is a devout follower of the work of B.F. Skinner. Your young child is trying to learn how to tie her shoes, and in order to help her you give her an M&M every time she gets one step closer to her goal
This strategy – the use of __________ - is the basis of Skinner's theory. a. reinforcement b. unconscious bolsters c. developmental scaffolds d. unconditional stimuli
During an exam, Marta becomes stressed due to a sawing noise coming from outside the classroom. Primarily, Marta becomes started each time the noise occurs because there is not percievable pattern to why the sound occurs. Which feature of stressful noise is this an example of?
A. volume of noise B. unpredictability of noise C. lack of control over noise D. distance from the noise