Jeffery and Logan are brothers who are fighting over a new toy. Their mother sends them to separate rooms until they can calm down and agree to share the toy and play "nicely.". Mother is using the operant conditioning technique known as

a. shaping.
b. stimulus control.
c. reciprocal inhibition.
d. time out.


D

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Childhood trauma as a cause of borderline personality disorder may be too simplistic an explanation because a. there are too many neurological deficits that are noted in borderline personality disorder patients

b. individuals with borderline personality disorder tend to respond to SSRI medications. c. most individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder are female. d. a significant percentage of individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder do not have a history of childhood trauma.

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An advantage of a database that is not full-text is that it will likely ____

a. contain only a fraction of the publications in an area b. contain too many publications to be useful c. provide word-for-word copies of each publication d. provide more complete coverage of a topic area

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What part(s) of brain development is(are) responsible for improvements in memory, attention, and processing speed?

A. synaptogenesis B. neurogenesis C. lateralization and neurogenesis D. myelination and pruning

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