Operant conditioning to treat pica most commonly uses which of the following first?
a. positive reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement
c. positive punishment
d. negative punishment
a. positive reinforcement
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Personality is the pattern of:
a. methods we use to control emotions, needs, and desires. b. characteristics that we are born with and develop in the first two years of life. c. characteristic thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that persist over time and situations and distin- guish one person from another d. complex ways we interact with other people and the thoughts we have about them
Amnesic individuals have more correct answers when ______.
A. a free recall procedure is used B. when a recognition task procedure is used C. when a fill in the blank procedure is used D. amnesic individuals have the same number of errors on all of these procedures
A sample consisting of participants who are not representative of a population is a(n) ________ sample.
A. nonrandom B. stratified C. unbalanced D. biased
Treatment for aggressive children is best begun ________.
A. early, before their behavior becomes well-practiced and difficult to change B. in mid- to late elementary school, after its impact on academic achievement is verifiable C. during middle school, after their inability to inhibit impulses has been documented D. during mid- to late adolescence, after their behavior patterns have solidified