When a stimulus is removed from a person or animal resulting in a decrease in the probability of response, it is known as
a. positive punishment.
b. negative punishment.
c. negative reinforcement.
d. punishing reinforcement.
e. negative discriminations.
b. negative punishment.
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c. personality tests. d. intelligence tests.
According to KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program), what is the value of teaching students proper classroom behavior?
A. It helps teachers to cope with stress in the classroom. B. Students say that it helps them to pay attention. C. Students learn that they set the standard for other students to follow. D. The parents learn that the students are serious about their schooling and then become more encouraging of their children.
Which statement best describes the occurrence of maltreatment? a. Children want to get away from the family of violence
b. Children in violent households only know violence. c. The intensity of the violence always increases with time. d. There is a great deal of loyalty to the offenders.
With respect to emotional development, Dr. Pendergrast has an empiricist view. This means that Dr. Pendergrast is most likely to believe that:
a. certain aspects of emotional expression are innate b. researchers should be most concerned with the function emotions serve c. to understand emotions fully, researchers must understand each component of emotional expression d. experience determines which emotions an individual will eventually display