As a visitor to England,
you as an American, have difficulty remembering to drive on the left side of the road as they do and to look in the opposite way before crossing the street. This illustrates
a. negative transfer.
b. negative reinforcement.
c. modeling.
d. avoidance conditioning.
ANSWER: a
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a. no viable sperm. b. a greater potential to pass along the recessive gene related to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. c. poor parenting skills. d. genetic defects they pass on to their children.
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A. Hospice patients tend to live longer than non-hospice patients. B. Hospice care increases emotional and financial burdens on family members. C. Hospice and non-hospice patients receive the same level of social support. D. Hospice patients and their families experience three out of five stages of grief.
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A) Freshmen will continue to drink at this rate throughout their college careers. B) The freshman rate for binge drinking will decrease as students move closer to graduation. C) Seniors most likely engaged in high rates of binge drinking as freshmen. D) Freshmen binge drink more than seniors in this college at this time.