Bill hates to clean up after dinner. One night, he volunteers to bathe the dog before cleaning up. When he finishes with the dog and returns to the kitchen, his wife has cleaned everything up for him. Which of the following statements is most likely TRUE?
a. Bill will start cleaning up the kitchen before he bathes the dog.
b. Bill's wife has positively reinforced him for bathing the dog.
c. Bill's wife has negatively reinforced him for bathing the dog.
d. Bill will never bathe the dog again.
e. Bill's wife will never bathe the dog again.
c. Bill's wife has negatively reinforced him for bathing the dog.
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a. all gambling is seen as a mental disorder. b. people with serious gambling problems often suffer from substance use disorders. c. behavioral addictions involve the same exposure of toxic chemicals on the brain. d. all of the impulse control disorders were moved along with gambling disorder.
Sara and Jack are a married couple; both of them are employed outside the home. If they are typical of other married couples with respect to household chores,
a. Sara will perform about two-thirds of the household tasks. b. Jack will perform about 50% of the household tasks. c. They will both perceive that the housework should be equally divided, even if it isn't in reality. d. Jack and Sara will each perform roughly half of the stereotypically feminine tasks, but not the stereotypically masculine tasks.
In a laboratory setting, the psychologist is more concerned that the ______ are the same and less concerned that the physical situation is the same
a. experimenters b. underlying processes c. participants d. independent variables
Commercial programs, such as the Hoffman Quadrinity Process, combine psychological exercises, confrontation, new viewpoints, and group dynamics to promote personal change and are called
a. therapeutic encounter groups. b. humanistic family therapy. c. large-group awareness training. d. large-group psychodrama training.