A stimulus presented to a person or animal that decreases the probability of a particular response is known as __________

a) positive punishment
b) negative punishment
c) negative reinforcement
d) negative expectation

ANS: A

Psychology

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a) early demonstrations of aggression and violence. b) rejection by peers and adolescents due to aggression and violent tendencies. c) academic failure, diagnosis of attention deficit disorder and less than average intelligence. d) likelihood of being successfully rehabilitated.

Psychology

No matter what prisoners try to do, they cannot escape. Eventually they become passive and depressed

This illustrates the central idea in the ________ theory of depression. A) behavioral B) depressogenic schema C) learned helplessness D) attribution

Psychology