Cate hears a funny ticking sound when she presses the gas pedal in her car. She hasn't noticed it before and she turns off the radio and leans forward in order to hear it better. Cate's shift in attention illustrates the behavior that psychologists refer to as:
a. an orienting response
b. habituation
c. desensitization
d. conditioned inhibition
A
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What type of experience did Freud have that influenced his theory of human behavior?
A. He spent time in World War I, where he witnessed great suffering. B. His study with B. F. Skinner taught him that unconscious conflicts shape personality. C. His first wife died as she was giving birth to their second child. D. He found that some of his patients' symptoms had no observable physical or neurological causes.
Which statement is an example of a closed communication style?
A. "I didn't think she wanted to attend." B. "I thought he wasn't going." C. "As far as I'm concerned, that isn't an effective way to handle conflict." D. "You just don't listen."
Irrational and very specific fears that persist even when there is no real danger to a person are called
a. anxieties. b. compulsions. c. specific phobias. d. dissociations.
Binet believed disadvantaged students could be taught the skills they needed to succeed in school through the use of:?
a. ?severe discipline b. ?mental orthopedics c. ?simplified assignments d. ?parental involvement