Social anxiety disorder is a developmentally inappropriate anxiety, sufficient to cause the child or adolescent to experience distress when faced with parting from home or major attachment figures.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 2
Positive reinforcement is the presentation of a desirable reinforcer after a behavior has been exhibited. Which of the following is the most accurate characteristic of a reinforcer?
a. The consequences of behavior tend to increase or sustain the frequency or duration with which the behavior is exhibited in the future.
b. Very few people receive positive reinforcement throughout each day.
c. The process of positive reinforcement involves increasing the probability of a behavior recurring by reinforcing it with a reinforcer regardless if it is meaningful to the individual or not.
d. A reinforcer need not be perceived as reinforcing by the individual.
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