Whenever Tommy has a babysitter and asks to stay up past his bedtime, the babysitter lets him. Whenever Tommy asks his parents to let him stay up past his bedtime, they do not let him. As a result, Tommy only asks the babysitter if he can stay up past his bedtime. The presence of the babysitter at bed time is referred to as a(n) __________ for asking to stay up late:
a. stimulus class
b. S-delta
c. reinforcer
d. discriminative stimulus
d
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d. Among species that have vision at all, no differences exist.
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a. ?a rule of thumb b. ?similar to an exemplar c. ?believed to be more likely d. ?stimuli that are dissimilar
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A) Transference B) Catharsis C) Free association D) Resistance
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.