The Way That Children Can Process Information Changes as They

question 9

Multiple Choice

The way that children can process information changes as they get older. This is a

• A) quantitative change in development.
• B) qualitative change in development.
• C) accumulative change in development.
• D) transactive change in development.

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Definitions:

Escape Behaviors

Actions taken to terminate or avoid unpleasant stimuli or situations, often considered in the context of negative reinforcement.

Avoidance Behaviors

Actions taken to prevent or avoid a perceived unpleasant or harmful event or outcome.

Punishment

The imposition of a penalty or negative consequence following undesirable behavior, aimed at reducing or eliminating that behavior.

Punishment Contrast

A phenomenon whereby a behavior that is suppressed through punishment in one situation increases in another situation in which punishment was not administered.