Sitting in class, Alice notices that she just received a tex…

Sitting in class, Alice notices that she just received a text. As she read it, she missed the professor’s announcement about an assignment. Consequently, she forgot to complete the assignment. Her focus on what she felt was important to her while tuning out information that she felt was irrelevant demonstrates a memory process known as:

Marianne just started a new job. At her first staff meeting,…

Marianne just started a new job. At her first staff meeting, following introductions, she remembered the names of the first few people who introduced themselves but had forgotten most of the other names. This higher recall of information that occurred first in a list demonstrates:

Whenever Sahela talks back to her parents, her parents take…

Whenever Sahela talks back to her parents, her parents take away her toys. Upset by losing her toys, Sahela will sometimes hide little things that belong to her parents, as a way of getting back at them. Sahela’s behavior best demonstrates which drawback of using punishment?

To help 5-year-old Paul develop social skills, his parents g…

To help 5-year-old Paul develop social skills, his parents give him a gold star when he performs desirable behaviors, like sharing his toys. Though stars themselves are of no interest to Paul, at the end of the week, if he has 15 or more stars, his parents buy him a small toy – which is what he really wants. This token economy involves Paul learning through:

To encourage herself to workout more frequently, Katelyn kee…

To encourage herself to workout more frequently, Katelyn keeps track of each work-out she completes. After she has completed 15 workouts, she treats herself by going shopping. Katelyn’s behavior of working out more is reinforced using which partial reinforcement schedule?