When a parent gives into a child’s tantrum in order to stop the child’s tantrum behavior, this leads to a greater likelihood that when the child throws a tantrum in the future, the parent will give in again. This change in the parent’s behavior is an example of ____
a. ?negative reinforcement?
b. ?positive reinforcement
c. ?negative punishment
d. ?positive punishment
ANSWER:
a
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Slick's head has a bump on the back and in the right. Gaston has an indentation in his head on the front and in the right. When Antoinette feels their heads and notes these features, she concludes that Slick is very socially outgoing and that Gaston is very mathematically inclined. Antoinette most likely supports the principles ____
a. ?advocated by Paul Broca b. ?of phrenology c. ?established by lesion analysis in aphasia d. ?of separation between the “what” and “where” pathways
A person's self-portrait of the different pieces of self in a coherent and integrated mode is the person's
a. self-esteem. c. identity. b. self-efficacy. d. theory of mind.
Young people’s vocational aspirations correlate strongly with their __________
A) parents’ jobs B) childhood dreams C) ethnic identity D) friends’ aspirations
Which is the best example of random assignment of participants in an experiment?
a) Assigning participants systematically to a treatment condition b) Building groups based on matched pairs c) Using a method that allows for equal and unbiased assignment of participants to groups d) Choosing participants from a local university