A reinforcer occurring so often that it loses its ability to strengthen behaviors results in:

a. extinction.
b. discrimination.
c. conditioning.
d. satiation.


d

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Redl and Wattenberg focused attention primarily on:

a) group dynamics. b) principles of reinforcement. c) laconic language. d) assertive discipline.

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When a convenience sample is used, the researcher should take care to provide as much information as possible concerning the demographics and other relevant characteristics of the subjects involved.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Eight-year-old Julie lives in a rural area where many people are farmers or in some other way make their living through agriculture. After a lengthy summer drought, it begins to rain heavily one day in late July. "Thank goodness!" Julie hears her father exclaim. "Our prayers have finally been answered!" Julie makes a mental note of the cause–effect relationship her father has implied—in

particular, that prayer can lead to rain. This situation illustrates Vygotsky's belief that: a. Adults pass along to children the ways in which their culture interprets events. b. Children's level of potential development is always a bit higher than their actual developmental level. c. Children acquire more knowledge and skills when scaffolding is kept to a minimum. d. Thought and language are distinct processes in the early years of life.

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