Your child fears going to the doctor because on her last visit she received a painful treatment. Now every time your child visits the doctor the nurse is with him. You notice the child seems afraid of the nurse even though she has never administered a painful treatment. What is this probably due to?
a. higher-order conditioning c. stimulus discrimination
b. stimulus overload d. response generalization
A
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A. fatuous love B. intimacy C. passionate love D. infatuated love
Which is NOT among the goals of scientific psychology?
a. the development of measurement techniques for describing behavior precisely and accurately b. understanding why certain behaviors occur c. applications of research findings to solve everyday problems d. searching for absolute truths about behavior
According to the theory of planned behavior, how do attitudes influence behavior?
What will be an ideal response?
Todd and Lisa were walking down a dark street late one night when two dangerous- looking individuals suddenly emerged from an alleyway. Both Todd and Lisa felt their stomachs tighten and their hearts start to pound. These whole-body reactions were created because the hypothalamus signaled their endocrine systems to release:
a. testosterone b. norepinephrine and epinephrine c. estrogen d. serotonin