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Medesa

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Obtaining a desired response by reinforcing successively closer approximations of the response is called
 
  a) shaping.
  b) modeling.
  c) operant conditioning.
  d) classical conditioning.

Question 2

Heroin addiction and crime are thought to be highly correlated because
 
  a) the drug causes loss of a moral sense, and sociopathy develops.
  b) criminals are more likely to become drug addicts than non-criminals because of their association with people in the black market drug trade.
  c) addicts commit crimes in order to raise money to buy drugs.
  d) addicts do not actually commit more crimes but are arrested more often because their behavior while on the drug is disruptive.


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lucas dlamini

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

c


Medesa

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Wow, this really help

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