When symptoms of mental retardation are not apparent until after age 17,
A) the diagnosis would be dementia, not mental retardation.
B) the retardation is almost always at least moderate and often severe.
C) the treatment for retardation is more successful.
D) the level of retardation is typically mild.
A
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Young Matthew, only 2 years of age, is learning to use the toilet. First his mother gives him smiles and hugs when he walks into the bathroom. Then his father gives him songs and praise when he points to the potty. When he agrees to sit on his potty seat his parents sing and dance, making him smile and laugh. Finally, when he begins to actually use the potty, his parents give him some candy that he loves. Matthew is being taught to use the potty through the process of
a. extinction. b. stimulus discrimination. c. shaping. d. stimulus generalization.
Which of the following variables determines how much attention a model will command?
a. The salience of behaviors observed b. The observer's capabilities and intent c. Characteristics of the model such as attractiveness d. All of these answers are correct.