When Maya opens the closet door to get some dog food, her dog salivates. What is the conditioned stimulus in this example?
A. dog food
B. the cat running
C. the sound of the closet door opening
D. the dog
Answer: C
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What modification in a psychiatric unit has recently been shown to result in the greatest reduction in the need to use physical restraints?
A. Regular integration of chemical restraints such as antidepressant medications B. Reducing sounds in the psychiatric environment C. Increasing the lighting in more areas of the psychiatric unit D. Encouraging staff members to carry a concealed handgun
Where in the brain does self-referential processing—the processing of information relevant to ourselves but not others—occur?
a. ?in both the right and left hemispheres b. ?in the prefrontal cortex and temporal lobe as well as in both Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas c. ?in the visual, aural, olfactory, and tactile domains d. ?in the emotional, facial, memory, motor, social, spatial, and verbal domains
Which psychologist believed that all children pass through a series of distinct stages in their intellectual development?
a. Jean Piaget b. Benjamin Bloom c. John B. Watson d. Harry Harlow
The ability to imitate a model's behavior hours, days, and even weeks after observation is called
a. amodal imitation. c. deferred imitation. b. time-course learning. d. the learning curve.