In operant conditioning, a punishment involves
A) a stimulus that greatly increases the occurrence of a response.
B) removing a desirable stimulus.
C) presenting a neutral stimulus.
D) a gradual increase in the occurrence of a response.
B
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a. ?Gidget will generate sentences longer than three words. b. ?The working memory limitations of monkeys are known. c. ?Gidget can master between 130 and 500 symbols. d. ?Gidget's language use is less primitive than children's.
Authoritarian personalities are more likely than others to be prejudiced
a. True b. False
Erdelyi argued that cognitive psychologists reinvented many psychodynamic concepts
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A psychologist would have the greatest difficulty differentiating between anger and fear by monitoring the ________ associated with each.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).