A young girl is just learning to dress herself. At first, the parents call her a "big girl" just for putting on her clothes "frontwards," even if they are not buttoned

Then, they call her a "big girl" if she tries to button them--even if the buttons are not in the right holes. Then, they call her a "big girl" only if she buttons them correctly. They have been using:
a. discrimination.
b. generalization.
c. higher-order conditioning.
d. successive approximation.

d

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A person who is highly competitive, driven, and achievement-oriented is said to be exhibiting a ______ personality

a) Type A b) Type S c) Type B d) Type C

Psychology