When an autistic child engages in repetitive tapping of his pencil and this behavior is reinforced by the sound of the pencil hitting the table, this is an example of:

a. social negative reinforcement
b. automatic positive reinforcement
c. social positive reinforcement
d. automatic negative reinforcement

b

Psychology

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Research seems to show that expressed emotion tends to be more common in Western than in non-Western or developing countries. What aspect of schizophrenia has this observation been used to explain?

a. less severe long-term outcomes in developing countries b. differences in the content of delusions from culture to culture c. differences in the types of symptoms commonly seen in various cultures d. more positive response to drug treatments of schizophrenia in developing countries

Psychology

The tendency for animals to return to innate behaviors following repeated reinforcement is called

A) equipotentiality. B) instinctive drift. C) SALTT. D) discovery learning.

Psychology