A grandmother gives her grandchild a cookie because the child cleaned up her room. What is the cookie in this example?
a. conditioned response
b. punisher
c. positive reinforcer
d. negative reinforcer
c
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What occurs to a tone as the frequency increases? a. Pitch gets higher
b. Pitch gets lower. c. Loudness increases. d. Loudness decreases.
A teacher is excessively neat, always insists on washing the blackboard before and after class, and always cleans the classroom after his lectures. According to Freudian theory, the teacher may be suffering from a(n) ____
a. ?anal fixation b. ?repressed superego c. ?oral fixation d. ?phallic symbol fixation
Children with better perspective taking skills:
a. are more skilled at peer relations. c. tend to be only-born children. b. have a less solidified sense of self. d. none of these
Selye studied the effect of stress. He argued that we are
sensitive to the environment and tend to kick into high gear in response to stressful situations. According to Selye, when Janice experiences a physical reaction in response to an upcoming exam, her pattern of responding to stress is called _____. Fill in the blank with correct word