Carter got straight As on his report card. His mother gave him $20 for earning good grades. His father told him he didn't have to mow the lawn this weekend, which made Carter very happy
What operant conditioning concepts, in order, are illustrated by the mother and the father in this story?
a) extinction; positive reinforcement
b) punishment; negative reinforcement
c) positive reinforcement; negative reinforcement
d) negative reinforcement; positive reinforcement
C
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According to the research on prospective memory, elderly people
a. consistently make more errors than younger people. b. typically make more errors than younger people. c. make about the same number of errors as younger people. d. make about the same number of errors on real-life tasks, but more errors on tasks that are low in ecological validity.
The sequence of events in Conger's family distress model is
a. economic pressure, parental depression, marital conflict, less sensitive parenting, child loss of emotional security, child acting out. b. child acting out, parental depression, marital conflict, parent loss of emotional security, less sensitive parenting, economic pressure. c. marital conflict, economic pressure, parental depression, less sensitive parenting, child loss of emotional security, child acting out. d. parental depression, less sensitive parenting, child acting out, child loss of emotional security, marital conflict, economic pressure.
Craig is 85 years old and has become helpless. He can no longer care for himself, walk or talk. He can't remember his wife of 50 years. More than likely Craig is exhibiting advanced
a. Alzheimer's Disease. c. physical wear and tear. b. aging process. d. programmed senility.
The association regions of the left and right hemispheres are interconnected via the axons of the
A) stria terminalis. B) cingulate callosum. C) corpus callosum. D) medial commissure. E) fornix.