____________________ reinforcers include things such as food, water, warmth, and sex, which are inherently reinforcing because they satisfy biological needs

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You and your spouse want to make it more likely that your preschool child develops self-control. After reading about self-control in your textbook, you tell your spouse,

a. "Honey, we need to be very strict with Junior." b. "Pumpkin pie, we need to do what we can to help Junior develop a concrete plan for resisting temptations." c. "Dear, we need to talk to Junior about temptations and explain to him why they are so attractive." d. "Babe, we're worrying about this a little early. Children can't develop self-control until they're at least elementary school-age."

Psychology

Name the theory of aging that holds that to age successfully a person must remain as active as possible.

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Psychology

The assumption that readers try to interpret each content word of a text as that word is encountered in the passage—that is, we do not take in a group of words before starting to process them—is __________

a. eye–mind assumption b. immediacy assumption c. direct reference d. the "assist" function

Psychology

Dr. Menteur runs a study in which infertile women are given injections of a synthetic hormone in hopes it will cause them to ovulate. Unknown to the women, the injections also contain a chemical that is hypothesized to increase the chance that fertilized eggs will implant in their uteruses. None of the participants experience any negative side effects from this second chemical, and more of the

women become pregnant that in previous studies using just the hormone. The women are not paid for participating in the study, although they receive the treatment for no cost. This study is______ A) ethical, because the second chemical did not harm the women. B) ethical, because the second chemical increased the chance the participants would achieve their desired outcome. C) unethical, because the women were not paid for their participation in the study. D) unethical, because the women were not informed injections would contain the second chemical.

Psychology