A woman is keeping her New Year's resolution. Every morning she makes a list of what she is going to do that day. Then, she performs the tasks in order of their appeal to her, doing the least appealing thing first and the most appealing thing last

The woman is applying

a. successive approximations.
b. a schedule of reinforcement.
c. response deprivation theory.
d. a biological constraint.


Answer: c. response deprivation theory.

Psychology

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a. obtained low scores on the Q-sort. b. displayed an authoritarian manner as parents later in their lives. c. were likely to become conditional themselves as parents. d. were found to have higher self-esteem and greater emotional security.

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Based upon your textbook, the cognitive functions of the frontal lobe include all but one of the following. Which one is not among the functions found in the frontal lobe?

A. attention B. decision making C. organizing D. processing tactile information

Psychology

What is the most common format of psychotherapy practiced by clinical psychologists?

What will be an ideal response?

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The manner in which Gandhi reacted when he perceived that he had violated an oath suggests that _____ may play a strong role in motivating some individuals to keep their verbal commitments

A) ?positive reinforcement B) ?avoidance of guilty feelings C) ?negative reinforcement D) ?Both b and c are correct.

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