In a hostage situation, to survive, victims sometimes seek to please their captors, and may identify with them as a way of coping with unbearable and unstoppable stress. This phenomenon is known as the ________
a. Stockholm syndrome
b. general adaptation syndrome
c. phi phenomenon
d. Korsakoff's syndrome
Answer: a
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a. Eating disorders b. Anxiety disorders c. Mood disorders d. Attention deficit disorders
Research examining the representativeness heuristic has demonstrated that there may be cultural differences when people are asked to consider causal factors. What are these differences and how might they impact international negotiations on global issues
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following often spread conditioned emotional responses (CERs) to other stimuli, which results in a limited fear becoming a disabling phobia?
a. stimulus generalization and higher-order conditioning b. stimulus discrimination and operant extinction c. desensitization and stimulus discrimination d. spontaneous recoveries and superstitious behavior