When April is stressed and wants to relax, she has always reached for a glass of wine. However, she wants to break this use of alcohol as a means of relaxation, so she learns stress management techniques and now uses them when she feels stressed. April is using which strategy for breaking a bad habit?
a. breaking up response chains
b. cues and antecedents
c. alternate responses
d. extinction
C
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a. conditioned stimulus b. conditioned reinforcer c. primary reinforcer d. contingent reinforcer
The segments of weightlessness for the film about astronauts were filmed in the special airplane unofficially nicknamed the "Vomit Comet," which explains what usually happens when this plane goes into its maneuvers to create weightlessness. The problems created by weightlessness are best explained by the __________ theory
a. sensory conflict b. lock and key c. opponent process d. gate control
Essay questions tend to be more difficult than multiple choice because with an essay question,
a. there are more cues to stimulate memory. b. recall is required rather than recognition. c. there is more proactive inhibition. d. there is often retroactive encoding failure.
Once sound waves have been converted into neural activity, the _____ carries them to the brain for auditory perception
A) auditory nerve B) basilar membrane C) cochlea D) pinna