Madeline wants her son to be well-behaved when they go to church. For every five minutes he sits still, she gives him a piece of candy. What type of learning is Madeline employing?
A. Operant conditioning
B. Classical conditioning
C. Observational learning
D. One-trial learning
E. Higher-order learning
A. Operant conditioning
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A. psychological addiction B. withdrawal C. a more accepting attitude towards drug use D. the body's need for increasing amounts of a drug to produce the same effect
The research finding that autism is linked to defects in genes provides support for which modern approach?
A. biological B. cognitive C. behavioral D. psychoanalytic
Researchers looking at the relation between locus of control and health sometimes fail to find the predicted results. Subsequent research determined that this may be because the researchers failed to consider the participants'
A. gender. B. age. C. health history. D. reinforcement value for good health.
Information about the effects of a particular response is called
a. cognitive branching. b. negative reinforcement. c. primary reinforcement. d. feedback.