If an Individual Is Restricted from Performing a Specific Behavior

question 26

Multiple Choice

If an individual is restricted from performing a specific behavior, in an attempt to make an opportunity to perform this behavior more enticing, the use of the restricted behavior as a reinforcer is known as:

• A) free-operant paradigm.
• B) response deprivation.
• C) operant conditioning.
• D) classical conditioning.

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Definitions:

Personality

Consistent behavior patterns and intrapersonal processes originating within the individual.

Monozygotic Twins

Twins that originate from a single fertilized egg, which then splits and develops into two genetically identical individuals.

Genes

Units of heredity made up of DNA that are responsible for inheriting specific traits from parents to offspring.

Biological Determinants

Biological determinants are factors like genes, brain chemistry, and physical health that significantly influence an individual's behavior and mental processes.