Mary is suffering from insomnia. Which piece of advice would you give to help her deal with it?
a) take sleeping pills
b) mix up which time you go to bed so that your body doesn't get into a routine
c) try to stay awake until you are as tired as you can imagine, and only then should you go to bed
d) establish a "going to bed" routine that relaxes you
d
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If blood vessels in the brain rupture, cutting off the supply of oxygen to parts of the brain and thereby killing surrounding brain tissue, the person is said to have suffered a
a. stroke. b. broken ventricle. c. tangle of neurons. d. nervous breakdown.
Jason has removed feelings and thoughts of his abusive childhood from his conscious memory through the process of
a. reaction formation. b. repression. c. regression. d. projection.
Freud's theory remains influential because he
a. pioneered the general idea of unconscious processes. b. pioneered the idea of organismic valuing and the possible selves. c. emphasized that the key to a healthy personality was fixation. d. used scientific methods to verify his findings and to predict future behavior.
Sheryl's parents tell her that she is grounded and not allowed to watch television for a week because she does not complete her homework on time. In the context of operant conditioning, this scenario most likely exemplifies
A. negative reinforcement. B. positive reinforcement. C. positive punishment. D. negative punishment.