When an autistic child engages in repetitive tapping of his pencil and this behavior is reinforced by the sound of the pencil hitting the table, this is an example of:
a. social negative reinforcement
b. automatic positive reinforcement
c. social positive reinforcement
d. automatic negative reinforcement
b
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The occipital lobe is
a. the part of the cerebral cortex where the visual cortex is located. b. important for language, memory, hearing, and vision. c. important for higher functions such as language, thought, and memory, as well as motor functioning. d. where signals are received from the sensory system for touch.
Two-year-old Curious is in his crib when the wind blows his curtain away from the window and reveals the outdoors. Later, when Curious is placed in his crib again, he lifts the curtain to peek outside. This type of observational learning is referred to as
a. emulation. b. imitation. c. association. d. conditioning.
Cognitive dissonance is ________
a. a state of tension that occurs when a person simultaneously holds two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent. b. the tendency of members of a group to avoid taking responsibility for their actions because they assume that others will do so. c. the tendency for members of a close-knit group to think alike for the sake of harmony and to suppress disagreement. d. a belief that a statement is true just because the person has heard it repeated over and over again.
An emotional __________ refers to one's outward or external appearance
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