When a person learns to associate a particular stimulus with something that makes the person afraid, the person may develop a phobia through:
a. instrumental conditioning
b. modeling
c. retroactive interference
d. classical conditioning
D
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Cancer patients experiencing nausea from chemotherapy often develop taste aversions to the foods they had eaten earlier. Based on the research of Garcia and colleagues, researchers developed a technique for minimizing this negative effect; it involved giving a patient unusual foods, such as coconut or root-beer-flavoured candy, at the end of their last meal before undergoing treatment. Such a
procedure attempts to establish the taste of the candy as a(n): A) unconditioned positive stimulus. B) conditioned stimulus triggering a pleasant gustatory reaction to chemotherapy. C) conditioned response to chemotherapy. D) conditioned stimulus triggering nausea.
A major limitation of systematic observation is that it __________
A) provides little information on how participants actually behave B) tells investigators little about the reasoning behind responses and behaviors C) underestimates the capacities of individuals who have difficulty putting their thoughts into words D) ignores participants with poor memories, who may have trouble recalling exactly what happened
Traits are stable and enduring. States are temporary and changing
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The chemicals corticotrophin – factor, adrenocorticotrophichormone, and adrenal corticosteroids are associated with the ___________during stress response
a) endocrine system b) neurogenesis c) hypothalamus d) cerebral cortex