A fourth grade teacher realized that one of his students was misbehaving in order to receive attention. The teacher decided to ignore all instances of the misbehavior. The teacher is using ______

a. the Premack principle c. negative reinforcement
b. extinction d. avoidance training

b

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You are watching television while expecting an important phone call. Periodically you think you hear the phone and pick up the receiver only to hear a dial tone. According to signal detection theory, what type of error have you made?

a) true negative b) true positive c) false negative d) false positive

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When Sadie says, "I goed to the store," her mother replies, "Yes, you went to the store." Sadie's mother's response is an example of

A) fast-mapping. B) a recast. C) an overregularization. D) an expansion.

Psychology