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A key element in the use of biofeedback is teaching a person to induce a state of __________ to help gain control over biological functions.

Ava’s parents want her to put her books in her bookcase. At first, they praise her for putting the books together in one pile. Then they praise her for getting the books on the same side of the room as the bookcase. When she gets the books on top of the bookcase, she gets praise. Finally, her parents praise her when she puts her books in the bookcase. This is an example of __________.

The breakdown of __________ seems to be responsible for the impaired ability to form new memories.

According to primacy and recency effects, when reading the chapters of a textbook, you are most likely to forget the information __________.

Mia is sometimes loud and disruptive in class, and her teacher thinks she acts this way when she wants attention. The teacher worries that yelling at Mia might serve as a positive reinforcer for her bad behavior because it is giving Mia the attention she wants. One behavior modification that might help with this child is use of __________.

Which of the following would serve as a primary reinforcer for most people?

Positive reinforcement is to __________ as negative reinforcement is to __________.

In the game show Jeopardy!, contestants are tested on general information. The type of memory used to answer these kinds of questions is __________ memory.

After a CS comes to elicit the CR, the CS now can be paired with a new neutral stimulus and this second neutral stimulus will start to elicit a CR. This process is called __________.

Little Albert was conditioned to fear a __________.