In a classical conditioning experiment, rats are made to hear a tone followed by the presentation of food. This takes place only when a bright light is on. When the light is off, the tone is not followed by food. This is most likely an experiment based on the phenomenon known as _____
A) ?latent inhibition
B) ?overshadowing
C) ?blocking
D) ?occasion setting
D
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a. 18 to 24 months. b. less than 6 months. c. just over 60 months. d. 36 to 48 months.
Priming refers to the tendency a. to infer unknown personality characteristics on the basis of known dispositions. b. for recently used concepts to come to mind easily and influence the interpretation of new information. c. for people to underutilize target characteristics and rely on their own traits when forming impressions ofothers
d. to continue to believe pre-existing impressions even after they are discredited.
Which of the following was the first classification system based more on research and evidence than on clinical opinion?
A. the DSM-II B. the DSM-III C. the DSM-IV-TR D. the DSM-V
Alex and Barbara are asked to estimate the size of a crowd. Alex is asked whether the crowd is bigger or smaller than 10,000 whereas Barbara is asked whether the crowd is bigger or smaller than 2,000
The fact that Alex would give a larger estimate could best be explained by a. the representativeness heuristic. b. mental set. c. the anchoring bias. d. self-imposed limitations. e. cognitive maps.