After weeks of successful extinction trials, your pet dachshund suddenly resumes burying bones in the front yard. Your pet trainer advises you that the dog’s current behavior is an example of
a. shaping.
b. satiation.
c. spontaneous recovery.
d. stimulus generalization.
c. spontaneous recovery.
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Gender __________ is the tendency for boys and girls to play in same-sex groups.
A. schema B. identity C. segregation D. control
Which of the following is demonstrating extinction of an operant response?
a. Ginny, who learns to dress herself when her mother reinforces her for accomplishing each small step in the process b. Ron, who receives praise every time he puts his schoolbooks away c. Hermione, who eventually stops raising her hand when Professor Snape fails to call on her d. Harry, who learns secret routes that provide an escape from the Dark Forest when he is under attack e. Malfoy, who leaves school two days early at Christmas break to avoid the rush of holiday traffic
Esther Thelen and colleagues propose that coordinated, voluntary movement emerges from neurological development, parental encouragement, opportunities to exercise, and maturation of the cognitive systems
The synthesis of these interactive processes is called the A) motor development theory. B) altered states theory. C) dynamic systems theory. D) active systems theory.
________ is the oral expression of language
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.