A four-year-old child frequently pulled on the dog’s tail to gain attention. To reduce this undesirable behavior, the parent took away one hour of television viewing every time the child pulled the dog’s tail. Within one week, the undesirable behavior was significantly reduced. The above scenario illustrates
A. positive reinforcement
B. negative reinforcement
C. negative punishment
D. positive punishment
E. extinction
C. negative punishment
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The Crawford v. Honig case
a. reaffirmed the Larry P. case. b. lifted the ban on Intelligence Testing for African American children. c. strengthened the ban on intelligence testing for African American Children. d. extended the ban on testing for African American children to Hispanic children.
The scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behavior when in the real, implied or imagined presence of others is called ____ psychology
a. clinical b. social c. personality d. interactive
The early research and theory on bilingualism
a. were remarkably sophisticated in terms of manipulating the appropriate variables. b. were not valid, because the bilinguals had actually received a greater amount of formal language training. c. actually measured short-term memory in monolinguals and working memory in bilinguals. d. argued that bilingualism produced a cognitive deficit.
In young children, ________ may be manifested as a "failure to thrive," or gain weight, or as delay in speech or motor development.
A) schizophrenia B) an adjustment disorder C) personality disorder D) depression