Fantz (1961) developed a methodology for studying infants. He showed infants series of visual stimuli, including a bull's-eye and a solid disk, and recorded the time infants spent looking at each stimulus

The goal was to see if infants would look longer at one stimulus relative to the other. This methodology is known as the ___.
a. preferential-looking paradigm
b. habituation paradigm
c. head-turn preference procedure
d. cross-modal matching procedure


A

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A. pleasure B. denial C. ego D. rational

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A therapist working with child victims of sexual abuse is likely to see symptoms that most closely parallel ____ in some cases

a. bipolardisorder b. dissociative identitydisorder c. paraphilias d. posttraumatic stress disorder

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If the connotative meaning of "a good college professor" was found using rating scales completed by students, we have utilized the

a. conjunctive conceptualization continuum. b. relational term differential. c. prototypical mean. d. semantic differential.

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Who probably scored the highest on the conscientiousness scale?

A) Garrett, who is about to go bungee jumping B) Marlene, who is captain of the cheerleading squad C) Cathy, who is the oldest of three children and has cared for her younger siblings D) Mable, who is very quiet around strangers

Psychology