Your teenager stayed up all night talking to her boyfriend on social media. You do not want her to repeat that behavior, so you take away her cell phone for a week. Which of the following describes your technique?
A. positive reinforcement
B. negative reinforcement
C. punishment
D. observational learning
Answer: C
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a. antisocial personality disorder. b. histrionic personality disorder. c. narcissistic personality disorder. d. schizophrenic personality disorder.
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a. increased activation of one type of color cell decreases activation in another b. the retina contains three kinds of color receptors c. ganglion cells encode most aspects of color d. each hemisphere of the brain processes color differently
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a. Martina, a 25-year-old Hispanic female with a college degree b. Jared, a 40-year-old Caucasian male with a family income of $30,000 per year c. Sandra, a 60-year-old Asian-American female with a family income of $75,000 per year d. Russell, a 50-year-old African-American male with a high school education
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a. 75th and 80th c. 77th and 80th b. 80th and 85th d. 67th and 80th