Healthy Families America __________

question 87

Multiple Choice

Healthy Families America __________.

• A) has not been shown to reduce the risk of child maltreatment
• B) offers self-help group meetings for child-abusing parents
• C) provides three years of home visitation for families identified as at risk for maltreatment
• D) is not effective in preventing child abuse because it is aimed at the child, not the parents

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Definitions:

Negative Punishment

A behavioral principle where the removal of a desirable stimulus following a behavior decreases the likelihood of that behavior occurring in the future.

Shaping

Gradual training that rewards behavior progressively closer to the desired one.

Positive Punishment

A concept in behavioral psychology where an undesirable stimulus is introduced following a behavior to decrease that behavior's frequency.

Secondary Learning

The process of acquiring knowledge or skills that builds upon or derives from previously learned primary concepts or abilities.