A typically boisterous child is praised enthusiastically by his teacher for sitting quietly and attending to the day's lesson. In response to his teacher's praise, the child sits quietly during the next day as well. The teacher is changing the child's behavior by using
a. shaping techniques.
b. a reward.
c. extinction.
d. positive reinforcement.
D
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Nonverbal cues include a. tone of voice
b. facial expression. c. hand gestures. d. none of these. e. all of these.
Which of the following is a step for incorporating generalization tactics into an intervention?
a. listing all desired behavior changes b. listing all the situations where desired behavior changes should occur c. list all the behaviors that must be emitted by everyone else involved in the intervention d. both a and b e. all of the above
An educational psychologist discovers that the more sleep students have, the greater their test scores are. This is an example of:
a. a positive correlation b. an experiment c. a negative correlation d. a case study
Which of the following implementations refers to a set of actions that we take to prevent contagion after a suicide?
a. primary intervention b. secondary intervention c. prevention d. postvention e. none of the above