In operant conditioning, _____ occurs when something pleasant is added to a situation and, as a result, the likelihood of a behavior reoccurring is strengthened
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
positive reinforcement
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a. Most of the students had relatively high scores. b. Most of the students had relatively low scores. c. About an equal number of students had relatively high and relatively low scores. d. It is not possible to draw any conclusions about students' scores.
Gender identity refers to the traditional or stereotypical behaviors associated with males and females.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Regarding operant conditioning, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Positive reinforcement leads to strengthening of response, whereas negative reinforcement leads to weakening of response. b. Discriminative stimuli set the stage for reinforcement. c. Organisms are capable of learning complex behaviors through reinforcement of successive approximations to the desired behaviors. d. Some reinforcers are rewarding because they satisfy basic biological needs, whereas others acquire reward value through experience. e. Extinction is achieved by no longer reinforcing the desired response.
Nonshared environmental influences involve forces that make siblings a. act in virtually identical ways. b. homozygous
c. dizygotic twins. d. different from one another.