If you are helping a person relearn how to walk after a

stroke, you begin by reinforcing the person for being able to stand with a walker, then taking a step, then taking another step, then moving the walker and taking another step and so on. You are using the behavioral procedure known as
a. reciprocal inhibition.
b. shaping.
c. stimulus control.
d. classical conditioning.


ANSWER: b

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Social psychological research suggests that, when a person goes out on a date, the best predictor of that person's enjoyment of the date is ____

a. how physically attractive the date is b. how similar the date is in terms of basic demographic characteristics c. how similar the date is in terms of values and attitudes d. how much interest and attentiveness the date expresses

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Research on attraction suggests that you will be most attracted to someone who is

a. similar to you. b. different from you. c. more attractive than you. d. less attractive than you. e. uninterested in you.

Psychology

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a. behavior. b. consequence. c. action. d. observer.

Psychology