A stimulus presented to a person or animal that decreases the probability of a particular response is known as __________
a) positive punishment.
b) negative punishment.
c) negative reinforcement.
d) negative expectation.
a
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What will be an ideal response?
Who is not considered one of Freud's former followers?
a. Carl Rogers c. Alfred Adler b. Carl Jung d. Karen Horney
Emily is told by her physician that her symptoms are caused by the loss of myelin. Her diagnosis is most likely to be ________
a. Parkinson's disease. b. Alzheimer's disease. c. multiple sclerosis. d. epilepsy.