A grandmother gives her granddaughter a cookie because she cleaned her room. In this example, what is the cookie?

A. A punisher
B. A positive reinforcer
C. A negative reinforcer
D. A conditioned response


Answer: B

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a. ?impulsivity b. ?an increased sensitivity to punishment c. ?lack of good parental role models d. ?deficits in his ability to encode, recall, and respond to emotional subject matter

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The Big Five Theory of personality may prove useful in accounting for the complexity of:

a. dissociative disorders b. schizophrenia c. anxiety disorders d. personality disorders

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a. a high income level b. a cognitive bias towards assuming things will work out c. being free from want d. attributing one's successes to others

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A. amplitude of B. noise in C. timbre of D. frequency of

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