What Function Does a Competing Response Serve When Habit Behaviors

question 57

Multiple Choice

What function does a competing response serve when habit behaviors involve nervous habits and muscle tics?​

• A) ​the habit behavior is inhibited
• B) ​an alternative behavior is provided to replace the habit
• C) ​a punisher is presented when the habit occurs
• D) ​all of these

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Definitions:

Egocentrism

A lack of ability to separate one's personal perspective from the perspective of others.

Centration

A cognitive limitation in early childhood where the child focuses on one aspect of a situation, neglecting other important features.

Static Reasoning

A cognitive understanding that things do not change, mistakenly assuming that the world is always in the same state as it is currently observed.

Preoperational Thought

Preoperational thought is a stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where children ages 2 to 7 have not yet developed the ability to think logically.