In Order to Get Her 3^rd Grade Students to Memorize

question 166

Multiple Choice

In order to get her 3^rd grade students to memorize the poem written on the chalkboard,Mrs.Thyberg gives the students stickers for each poem they can recite from memory.After earning 5 stickers,a student gets to pick a prize out of the goody box.Mrs.Thyberg is using a(n) ________ to modify the children's behaviors.

• A)token economy
• B)applied behavior analysis
• C)negative reinforcement
• D)classical conditioning technique

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Definitions:

Ecological Theory

A framework suggesting that individual development is influenced by different types of environmental systems, from immediate surroundings to broader societal contexts.

Genetic Determinants

Factors encoded in an individual's DNA that influence their traits and the likelihood of developing certain conditions or diseases.

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, a consequence applied to an organism's environment that increases the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

Exosystem

A term from ecological systems theory referring to external social settings that indirectly influence an individual’s development, such as parents' workplaces.