For Each Blank in the Following Sentences, Select the Present

question 18

Multiple Choice

For each blank in the following sentences, select the present tense helping verb can or the past tense could . To determine whether a sentence is in the present or past tense, look at other verbs in the sentence or look for a time word. My girlfriend ______________ practice medicine once she passes her boards.

• A) can
• B) could

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Definitions:

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique where an undesired response to a stimulus is replaced with a desired behavior in the presence of that same stimulus.

Contingency Management

A type of behavioral therapy in which certain behaviors are reinforced through rewards or consequences to modify behavior.

Response Generalization

The extension of learned responses to stimuli that are similar but not identical to the conditioned stimulus in operant conditioning.

Punishment by Application

A behavioral psychology term referring to the addition of an undesirable stimulus to decrease a specific behavior.