The Internal Revenue Service threatens Sue with a penalty if she fails to pay her back taxes. She pays, and the threat is withdrawn. In the future, she is more prompt in meeting her obligation

This is an example of the use of _______ to control behavior.
a. positive reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement
c. positive punishment
d. negative punishment


b

Psychology

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The tendency for the sex drive to be shaped and altered by social, cultural, and situational factors is known as ________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Decreases in productivity when individuals work in groups is the Ringelmann effect.

  a.  True   b.  False

Psychology

Which of the following is an example of displacement?

A. a man is angry with his wife, so he yells at his employee B. a man denies that he is angry with his wife C. a man is angry with his wife, but says that she is the one who is angry D. a man makes up excuses for why he is angry with his wife

Psychology

People do not generally pick up a crack pipe or inject heroin themselves, but usually learn the behavior by

a. modeling. b. classical conditioning. c. operant conditioning. d. none of these are ways to learn substance-related behaviors.

Psychology