Tiffany really likes jewelry. Her parents want Tiffany to stop talking on the phone every night after school. In order to accomplish this task, they take away Tiffany's new watch and tell her that she will lose more jewelry if she does not decrease her phone use. In this situation, Tiffany's parents are attempting to use _____ to alter Tiffany's behavior

a. positive reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement
c. positive punishment
d. negative punishment

d

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a. tangible b. socioemotional c. social d. biomedical e. defensive

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Visual and auditory recognition of emotional stimuli appears to be more of a right- than left-hemisphere function

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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