After several terms of struggling academically, Justin worked very hard, buckled down, and brought home a report card with all A's. His father, immensely proud of Justin,
went out and bought him front row seats to the upcoming baseball game so that Justin and a friend could have a fun night as a reward. What kind of operant outcome did Justin's father provide for the brilliant report card?
a. Positive reinforcement
b. Negative reinforcement
c. Material reinforcement
d. Innate reinforcement
Answer: A
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a. Motherhood is less valued in the Black community. b. Grandmothers and other relatives are more likely to assume some child care responsibilities in the Black community. c. Motherhood is more associated with strength in the White culture. d. Black women are more likely to be raising children alone, without the help of an extended family.
Eva tells her professor that she prefers individual assignments to group projects, because she finds she accomplishes more when she works on her own. The process that would best explain why Eva accomplishes less when she works as part of a group is:
a. social interference b. the bystander effect c. social loafing d. nonconformity
Group awareness training that helps people to seek personal growth experiences occurs most often in
a. therapeutic alliance and family therapy groups. b. sensitivity and encounter groups. c. REBT and EMDR groups. d. existential and psychodynamic groups.
The 34-14-2 approximation states that approximately 34% of the ______ lies between z = 0 and z = 1.
a. population b. sample c. mesokurtotic distribution d. z-distribution