You go to a therapist because you are having trouble finishing your schoolwork. Your therapist suggests that you gradually increase your study time by five minutes per evening. In addition, after each hour of studying, you are told to reward yourself with a five-minute rest. Your therapist is using the operant conditioning method of
a. successive approximations. c. negative reinforcement.
b. token rewards. d. study skills training.
A
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a. Cognitive deficiencies b. Personality c. Lack of training d. None of these is the right description
A theory that explains and predicts behavior is useful for
a. translating ideas into applications. b. translating theories into hypotheses. c. turning hypotheses into social policy. d. turning research methods into training programs.
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