Your dog jumps up on you when you get home. You eliminate this behavior by withholding you attention and ignoring the dog when it jumps on you. This is called

a. classical conditioning.
b. negative reinforcement.
c. punishment.
d. operant extinction.


D

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The cognitive and behavioural strategies we use to influence our emotional experience are collectively called:

A) active appraisal. B) cognitive control. C) emotion regulation. D) behavioural control.

Psychology

Propositions in Kintsch's model of comprehension divide the text into

a. individual words. b. meaningful units consisting of several words. c. goal statements and nongoal statements. d. noun phrases and verb phrases.

Psychology

Of the following individuals, whose sexual encounters probably last the longest?

a. Aidan, a 56-year-old b. Bill, a 45-year-old c. Chuck, a 30-year-old d. David, a 23-year-old

Psychology

A major concern of experts is that ADHD is being

A. incorrectly diagnosed. B. undiagnosed. C. overdiagnosed. D. None of these choices are correct.

Psychology