Systematically reinforcing successive approximations to a desired act defines:
a. shaping
b. counterconditioning
c. stimulus generalization
d. systematic desensitization
a
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Shyness, from the psychodynamic approach, is seen as resulting from:
A. unresolved unconscious feelings of anxiety and fear B. cognitive factors C. genetic influences D. physiological overresponsiveness
What explains the apparent stimulation, feeling of well-being, and outgoing behavior as the initial effects of alcohol ingestion?
a. Depression of the inhibitory centers in the brain b. Activation of the inhibitory centers in the brain c. Depression of the autonomic nervous system d. Stimulation of the autonomic nervous system
A woman feels that the reason the pie she was making burned is because everything she does is wrong and that she will never succeed at any task she attempts. The woman is expressing a(n) ________ attribution
a. global b. specific c. unstable d. well-defined
Of the following, the best description of "intervening variables" in psychology is that
A. there are very few intervening variables in psychology. B. they are obstacles in successful theory construction and testing. C. they are constructs that unite a wide variety of apparently dissimilar variables. D. they rarely are of use when psychologists try to explain why variables are related.