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Professor Frankel Is an Editor for a Psychology Journal

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Professor Frankel is an editor for a psychology journal. She is considering which submissions to send out for peer review. Which of the following submissions is likely to receive the strongest consideration based on its research methods?


Definitions:

Punishment

A response aimed at reducing undesirable behavior by imposing negative consequences.

Abnormal Behavior

Actions, thoughts, or emotions that are unusual within a person’s own culture, cause personal distress, or interfere with a person’s ability to function in daily life.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, which increases or decreases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

Classical Conditioning

A learning mechanism in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an innately meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response.

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