Compliance is defined as
a. people willingly changing their behavior to be consistent with that of others
b. people doing what they are asked to do, even if they don't want to
c. people behaving in accordance with the requests of a legitimate authority figure
d. all of the above
Answer: B
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a. laughing at a classmate when he asks a "dumb question" in class b. nagging a child until she pick up her toys c. taking away a child's TV privileges for one week for a bad report card d. making a child sit in the corner for 10 minutes for back-talk
Which of the following provides the best evidence that reinforcers do not simply strengthen behavior?
a. guinea pigs learned to turn their heads in a different direction when the behavior-reinforcercontingency was changed b. cats made fewer errors after repeated escapes from a problem box c. rats trained with bran mash made more errors in a maze when their reinforcer was switched to sunflower seeds d. pigeons will peck at a key even when doing so results in a loss of food
. _________occurs when people experience unpleasant stressors
a) Acute stress b) Eustress c) Catastrophic d) Distress