Taking a painkiller to relieve a toothache is behavior learned through which of the following processes?

A. Shaping
B. Punishment
C. Positive reinforcement
D. Negative reinforcement
E. Omission training


D. Negative reinforcement

Psychology

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When we say abusive parenting tends to run in families, what does this mean?

a. Abusive would-be parents are more likely to get married to each other. b. Abused children are more likely to abuse their own children than the non-abused. c. More abused children abuse their own children than do not abuse them. d. Abusive tendencies are genetic and cannot really be avoided.

Psychology

Dakota's right somatosensory cortex was severely injured in a car accident. As a result, Dakota has great difficulty:

A. processing sensory information from the left side of the body B. moving the right and left hands C. understanding written words D. carrying out plans

Psychology

During a trivia game, Blair is asked a question. The answer is on the tip of his tongue, but he can't come up with it. Which memory process failed him??

a. ?encoding b. ?storage c. ?retrieval d. ?rehearsal

Psychology

Imagine you present a gender-role inventory to a group of freshmen and discover that one participant scored low on both the masculine and feminine scales. Under which category does this participant belong?

A. Feminine B. Masculine C. Androgynous D. Undifferentiated

Psychology