Tad was angry with a co-worker and didn't want to see him, but he had to be in the same office. He worked out a plan in which he dealt with the other man as little as possible and then tried to have only positive interactions. This is:
a. a two-stage process.
b. negative reinforcement.
c. stimulus control.
d. extinction.
A.
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a. Whether a patient is ready for release from a mental hospital b. Whether someone's threatening statement is worth taking seriously c. Whether the evidence is sufficient to say that a treatment has become "empirically supported" d. Whether a defendant is not guilty by reason of insanity
In a correlational study, commonly, ____
a. one variable is measured b. two variables are measured c. one individual is described in great detail d. one individual is treated
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a. its strength. b. its repetition. c. its urgency. d. the emotion it precipitates.
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A. wavelengths that are reflected but distorted to wavelengths outside the visual spectrum B. more wavelengths being absorbed by the pigment molecules C. more light being reflected from the mixture D. additive effects