If You Had an Alcoholic Blackout, __________

question 177

Multiple Choice

If you had an alcoholic blackout, __________.

• A) you would have been unconscious at the time
• B) you would have been aware that you had forgotten information
• C) you would have remembered events during the period of intoxication, but failed to process them emotionally
• D) you would have failed to remember events during the period of intoxication

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Definitions:

DRO

Differential Reinforcement of Other behavior, a technique used in behavioral therapy to encourage the occurrence of desired behaviors by only rewarding behaviors other than the undesirable one.

Variable-Ratio

A reinforcement pattern in which a reaction is rewarded following a random number of responses, resulting in consistent and elevated rates of response.

Fixed-Ratio

A reinforcement schedule where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses have occurred.

Fixed-Interval

A reinforcement schedule in which the first reaction is reinforced after a predetermined period, resulting in a patterned series of responses.