When Arnold misbehaves, his parents have him sit alone for a few minutes in the laundry room, which is quiet and away from the rest of the family. Arnold's parents are using
a. reinforcement. c. disinhibition.
b. time-out. d. the negative reinforcement trap.
b
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Many automobile accidents are thought to occur during momentary shifts in brain activity called
a. REM sleep. b. non-REM sleep. c. microsleep. d. sleep spindles.
Cara is making her first visit home since leaving for college six months ago. She wrote her parents and told them she invited a friend to accompany her home. She described the friend as androgynous
Cara's parents were puzzled, so they looked up the word in a dictionary. What can they conclude about Cara's friend? a) The friend is a male with feminine personality characteristics. b) The friend is a female who prefers male personality characteristics. c) The friend suffered an injury at birth that resulted in a lack of external genitalia. d) The friend may be either male or female and possesses characteristics that are stereotypically male and female.
Lucy the Cat learns that every time she is given a bowl of yummy tuna fish by her daddy, she hears the sound of the can opener first! Over time, she learns to come running into the kitchen every time she hears the sound of the can opener
This is an example of __________. a. conditioning b. innate learning c. the learning-performance distinction d. discriminative learning
Increased GABA levels in the brain would be expected to
a. increase amygdala activity b. decrease amygdala activity c. cause hallucinations and delusions d. activate the sympathetic nervous system