Buddy earned a dollar every time he cleaned his room. Now Buddy enjoys being tidy. His attitude was shaped by ______.

A. classical conditioning
B. social learning
C. operant conditioning
D. self-affirmation


Answer: C

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Lindsay has obsessions about contamination and washes her hands hundreds of times per day. During therapy, Lindsay is asked to get her hands dirty on purpose and then leave them dirty for several hours. This is an example of:

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As the night goes on, periods of REM sleep __________ and episodes of slow-wave sleep

__________. a. get longer; get shorter b. get shorter; get longer c. get longer; stay about the same d. stay about the same; get shorter e. get longer; get longer

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Mishka was able to construct a model car with the help of his dad. His dad helped him to organize the pieces of the model and then showed him how to connect the first two pieces. Soon Mishka was working more and more independently

This process is an example of Vygotsky's concept of a. apprenticeship c. private speech b. the zone of proximal development d. scaffolding

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