When a parent gives into a child’s tantrum in order to stop the child’s tantrum behavior, this leads to a greater likelihood that when the child throws a tantrum in the future, the parent will give in again. This change in the parent’s behavior is an example of ____

In which of the following do skills developed in one situation conflict with those required to master a new task?

a. negative transfer b. negative reinforcement c. modeling d. avoidance conditioning

Allen was recently traded to a new basketball team, and he is having a hard time remembering all the new plays because he keeps using the plays from his former team. Allen's problems illustrate the effects of

a. retroactive interference. b. state-dependent forgetting. c. proactive interference. d. memory reconstruction.