A young boy refused to eat all but specific foods. The problem became so serious that his parents consulted a therapist who suggested that they tell him if he eats a small amount of a new food, they would give him one of his favorite foods
What operant conditioning technique is being used?
a) shaping
b) the Premack Principle
c) negative reinforcement
d) systematic desensitization
B
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Which personality test includes ten clinical scales as well as several validity scales to check for faking, confusion, falsification, or other response patterns that may affect the outcome of the other scales?
a. Beck Depression Inventory b. WAIS-IV c. MMPI-2 d. TAT
When Emerson told his four-year-old sister that "I hit the bat that flew into the attic with my baseball bat," she was very confused and wondered how the long wooden stick that he often carries could possibly fly. When Emerson's sister is able to recognize that the word "bat" can have two different meanings, she will have made a gain in her understanding of:
a. semantics b. phonology c. morphology d. syntax
Head trauma, encephalitis, and streptococcal infections are among the environmental risk factors for _________ disorder
a. obsessive compulsive b. bipolar c. panic d. posttraumatic stress
Some critics argue that the violation-of-expectation method is flawed because
A) it is difficult for observers to discern when babies have habituated to the familiar event. B) this method cannot be used with young babies or toddlers, who easily become fatigued. C) babies make only subtle changes to their behaviors when they recover to a new stimulus. D) it reveals only babies' perceptual preference for novelty, not their knowledge of the physical world.