A young child has just learned to say "ball" as a result of shaping. How do you bring the child's behavior of saying "ball" under stimulus control of a ball?

What will be an ideal response?


By providing a reinforcer when the child says "ball" only when a ball is present and not providing a reinforcer when the child says "ball" when a ball is not present.

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a. ?Jane, who doesn't believe that smoking will cause her to get lung cancer b. ?Jill, who doesn't think that lung cancer will kill her even if she does get it from smoking c. ?Jeff, who believes that stopping smoking won't significantly reduce his chance of getting lung cancer d. ?James, who believes that he would be able to quit smoking if he tried

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We always evaluate the tail of the distribution, beginning with the obtained result, rather than just the obtained result itself

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Lola told the other girls in the fifth grade not to play with Neela because Lola did not like

her. This is an example of __________ aggression. Fill in the blanks with correct word

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