Children Who Are Working Quietly on Their Homework When the Hourly

question 29

Multiple Choice

Children who are working quietly on their homework when the hourly bell rings will be allowed to go to the play area for 10 minutes.Just before the bell is about to ring, the children become so quiet that you could hear "a pin drop" in the classroom.These children's quiet behavior occurred right before the bell because they are on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

• A)continuous
• B)fixed interval
• C)variable interval
• D)fixed ratio

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Definitions:

Insecure Attachment

A type of attachment style characterized by anxiety or avoidance in relationships, often stemming from inconsistent caregiving.

Object Permanence

Object permanence is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed, a concept crucial in cognitive development of infants.

Conservation

Conservation refers to the principle in cognitive psychology that certain physical characteristics of objects remain the same even when their outward appearance changes.

Ego Centrism

A cognitive bias where an individual perceives, interprets, and judges the world primarily from their own perspective.