A teacher places a check mark on the chalkboard next to Henry's name whenever Henry speaks out in class without raising his hand. If he receives three check marks in one day, Henry gets no recess the following day. The teacher is using

A. classical conditioning.
B. operant conditioning.
C. extinction.
D. shaping.


B

Psychology

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A. only drew the states on the left side of the picture B. could not draw the picture because he did not understand the instructions C. only drew the states on the right side of the picture D. could not recognize that the picture was of the United States

Psychology

Paulo is particularly fascinated by the field of humanistic psychology and wants to conduct his doctoral dissertation in the contemporary offshoot of that area of thought. Which would be an appropriate title for Paulo’s dissertation?

a. ?“A Gestalt Approach—Eschewing Parts for Wholes” b. ?“Positive Psychology—Focusing on What Works” c. ?“Interpersonal Psychology—Relationships That Matter” d. ?“Eclecticism—Many Become One”

Psychology

Which of the following are the two major theories that have been proposed to explain antisocial personality disorder?

a. Underarousal and fearlessness b. Underarousal and shamelessness c. overarousal and fearlessness d. overarousal and shamelessness

Psychology

According to Erikson, the central crisis of toddlerhood is ______ versus ______

Fill in the blank with correct word

Psychology