A typical three-year-old speaks more fluently than any chimpanzee because
(a) children, as Skinner showed, can learn language via operant conditioning
(b) children are appropriately reinforced by their language community for
correct speech
(c) no serious attempt has been made to teach chimps to communicate
(d) humans have a biologically programmed capacity for language
D
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An older client is being evaluated for memory deficits. After completing an assessment, the clinician suspects that the client suffers from Alzheimer's disease. This client would most likely have problems in which part of the limbic system?
A) Caudate B) Amygdala C) Cingulate gyrus D) Hippocampus
A wide variety of back-up reinforcers is best to use in a token economy because:
a. satiation is more likely to occur b. satiation is less likely to occur c. it is more likely that there will be something that is reinforcing for everybody in the program d. B and C