When a mother praises her child each time she behaves properly in the grocery store, she is
a. being permissive.
b. acting out of fear that her child will become disruptive.
c. using response contingent reinforcement.
d. classically conditioning the child.
ANSWER: c
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a. ? = 5 and ? = .01 c. ? = 10 and ? = .01 b. ? = 5 and ? = .05 d. ? = 10 and ? = .05
The phrase "You just hear what you want to hear" best reflects which of the following concepts?
A. Belief bias B. Expected emotion C. Myside bias D. Availability heuristic
Although the neon sign on the gas station window actually reads "CLO ED" because a light for one of the letters has burned out, Hector perceives it as reading "CLOSED" because of the Gestalt principle of:
A) simplicity. B) closure. C) proximity. D) similarity.
It has been hypothesized that systematic desensitization works as a result of
a. counterconditioning. b. habituation. c. extinction. d. all of the above