Getting Married, Having Children, and Living in Separate Residences Increases

question 68

Multiple Choice

Getting married, having children, and living in separate residences increases the likelihood of _____ sibling relationships in adulthood.

• A) improving
• B) straining
• C) ambivalent
• D) ending

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Definitions:

Categorization

The process by which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood.

Spreading Activation

A model of how information is retrieved in the brain, suggesting that spreading activation from one concept in a network triggers the retrieval of related concepts.

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus in the presence of which a particular response is reinforced, helping to differentiate it from other stimuli where the response would not be reinforced.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which the likelihood of a behavior is increased or decreased through reinforcement or punishment.