Preschoolers Jordan and Dennis were throwing sticks at other students on the playground, so their teacher made them sit on the sidewalk for five minutes, taking them away from the fun activities on the playground. Their teacher was using
a. negative reinforcement.
b. intermittent punishment.
c. positive punishment.
d. negative punishment.
D
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A. acceptance of the alter personalities B. reduction of the impact of distress and impairment C. integration of the alter personalities D. self-understanding of the causes for the alter personalities
Imagine that some researchers are interested in college students' self-reports about their reactions to various stressful situations. Rather than simply asking the students to recall various stressful situations and their reactions to them, the researchers want to reduce the time between the students' self-reports about the situations and the actual situations themselves. Describe two methods
that have been developed by social psychologists that could serve this purpose. What will be an ideal response?
Activation of autoreceptors tends to ____
a. increase further neurotransmitter release b. stimulate GABA release c. increase sodium-potassium pump activity d. decrease further neurotransmitter release
It is believed that exposure to herbicides and pesticides is ____
a. the primary cause of Parkinson's disease b. a contributing factor in some cases of Huntington's disease c. the primary cause of myasthenia gravis d. a contributing factor in some cases of Parkinson's disease