According to social cognitive theory, who is more likely to report a positive self-evaluation?
a. Two-year-old Timothy, who imagined himself playing with a doll
b. Two-year-old Samantha, who imagined herself playing with a doll
c. Four-year-old Jason, who imagined himself playing with a toy truck
d. Four-year-old Kristin, who imagined herself playing with a toy truck
C
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Punishment is rarely used as the sole type of behavioral intervention because the use of punishment:
a. actually causes the undesirable behavior to increase b. only teaches someone what not to do, it does not teach someone the appropriate way to act c. usually suppresses adaptive behaviors as well as maladaptive behaviors d. can cause the client to become overly dependent on the therapist
The "positive" in positive reinforcement and positive punishment means that:
A) the target behaviour increases in frequency. B) an unpleasant stimulus is removed upon the occurrence of the target behaviour. C) a stimulus is presented upon the occurrence of the target behaviour. D) the target behaviour increases or decreases to adaptive levels.
The story of the Michigan police officer who ate marijuana-laced brownies and then called 911, is a good illustration of which basic psychopharmacology fact?
A. Drug laws only apply to those outside of law enforcement. B. Marijuana produces paranoia in the majority of users. C. The oral route of administration produces the fastest onset of effects. D. Different routes of administration can producing markedly different drug effects.
Four-year old Tamara goes to see a movie at the theatre with her parents. As the movie begins playing, she is amazed by the size of the screen and tells her parents, "We need to get a TV that big at home." Tamara has fit the movie screen into her "TV" schema through
A. scripting. B. generalized event representations. C. accommodation. D. assimilation.