If a child whines and gets his parents' attention, he will tend to whine more frequently in the future because he has experienced which principle of operant conditioning?

Explanations for our behavior that help us avoid feelings of vulnerability or mortality are called

a. belief justifications. b. just world hypotheses. c. defensive attributions. d. perceptual balances.

What is a dermatome?

a. An instrument used to assess sensitivity of different areas of the skin to somatosensory stimuli b. An area of body surface to which a single spinal or cranial nerve projects c. The synapse between spinal nerves and cranial nerves for somatosensory functions d. An area of body surface with more than one touch receptor