Explain the principles of operant conditioning, clarifying the differences among positive reinforcers, negative reinforcers, and punishments.

What will be an ideal response?


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Your clock makes a clicking sound just before the alarm. Initially that sound didn't waken you, but now it does, due to classical conditioning. What is the alarm?

a. Conditioned stimulus b. Unconditioned stimulus c. Conditioned response d. Unconditioned response

Psychology

Which medication was frequently prescribed to pregnant women during the 1970s to prevent miscarriages, but was later found to cause the daughters of the women who took the medication to develop a rare form of cancer?

A. thalidomide B. AZT C. diethylstilbestrol (DES) D. phenobarbital

Psychology

Contrast sensory, short-term, and long-term memory with regard to function, storage capacity, and retrieval.

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

What is the leading cause of death in the United States?

a. migraine headache c. coronary heart disease b. cancer d. respiratory arrest

Psychology