A Fourth-Grade Teacher Realized That One of the Students Was

question 138

Multiple Choice

A fourth-grade teacher realized that one of the students was misbehaving in order to receive attention. The teacher decided to ignore all instances of the misbehavior. The teacher is using ________.

• A) extinction
• B) negative reinforcement
• C) the Premack principle
• D) avoidance training

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Definitions:

Illusory Correlation

The phenomenon of perceiving a relationship between variables (typically people, events, or behaviors) even when no such relationship exists.

False Uniqueness Effect

Refers to an individual's tendency to underestimate the commonality of one's abilities and one's desirable or successful behaviors.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A prediction that ensures, by the behavior it generates, that it will come true.

Counterfactual Thinking

The psychological process of imagining alternative outcomes or scenarios that did not actually happen, often starting with "What if..."