Jeffery and Logan Are Brothers Who Are Fighting Over a New

question 438

Multiple Choice

Jeffery and Logan are brothers who are fighting over a new toy. Their mother sends them to separate rooms until they can calm down and agree to share the toy and play "nicely." Mother is using the operant conditioning technique known as

• A)shaping.
• B)stimulus control.
• C)reciprocal inhibition.
• D)time out.

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Definitions:

Top-Down

An approach or process that is initiated from the higher levels of a hierarchy and carried through to the lower levels, often in decision-making or processing information.

Perceptual Set

A psychological framework that predisposes individuals to perceive information in a particular way based on their expectations, emotions, and experiences.

Influenced

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something.

Perception

The method through which people structure and understand their sensory experiences to assign significance to the world around them.