Whenever little Bobby cries, his father spanks him. Bobby's father is trying to decrease Bobby's crying through the use of:
a. negative punishment c. positive reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement d. positive punishment
D
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Ms. Ellison recently had a cerebrovascular accident. As a result, she now displays language problems, such as agrammatism and phonemic paraphasias. The stroke appears to have damaged her ____.?
a. ?upper parietal lobe b. ?upper occipital lobe c. ?Broca’s area d. ?Wernicke’s area
Louise uses a drug that causes her to relax and go to sleep. Her attention is lowered, and she experiences mild euphoria along with decreased muscle coordination. Louise is using
A. a barbiturate. B. cocaine. C. LSD. D. marijuana.
Which of the following statements is true, with regard to the relationship between cigarette smoking and cardiovascular disease?
a. Risk of cardiovascular disease is increased in nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke. b. Risk of cardiovascular disease is increased in individuals who smoke fewer than 5 cigarettes per day. c. Heart disease caused by tobacco smoke stems largely from the combined actions of nicotine, tar components, and gases such as carbon monoxide. d. Chronic exposure to tobacco smoke can alter gene expression to promote the clumping together of blood platelets, increasing one’s risk of stroke. e. All of the above statements are true.
The social world of adolescence is divided not just by popular and unpopular, but there are additional categories of both high and low status. In addition to the popular adolescents, another group of teens, categorized as high status, are referred to as
__________. a) cool adolescents b) controversial adolescents c) rejected adolescents d) neglected adolescents