A __________ reinforcer satisfies a basic survival need, like hunger or thirst
a. primary
b. physiological
c. positive
d. secondary
Answer: A
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A. behavioral B. evolutionary C. biological D. psychoanalytic
Amy is seeing a psychologist because she has distressing thoughts that lead to anxiety. The psychologist helps Amy to identify the distressing thoughts and the emotional response that follows, and to get rid of the distressing thoughts. Which cognitive behavior modification procedure is being used?
a. cognitive restructuring b. problem-solving therapy c. cognitive coping skills training d. self-monitoring
Which kind of quasi-experiment makes use of at least one measured variable and at least one experimentally manipulated variable?
A) a pseudo-experiment B) a natural experiment C) a person-by-treatment quasi-experiment D) a hybrid quasi-experiment
According to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies, the brain's ________ is responsible for switching attention from one task to another
A) cerebellum B) amygdala C) posterior prefrontal cortex D) anterior prefrontal cortex