The contingency theory suggests that the learning in classical conditioning occurs because the CS is ___________ the US
a. predictive of c. unrelated to
b. contiguous with d. occurring at the same time as
A
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Lady Macbeth was burdened with intense guilt after her part in the murder of Duncan. As a result, she washed her hands over and over again, trying to remove the blood she thought she saw on them. Psychologists would call Lady Macbeth's hand-washing:
a. a symbolic release c. an obsession b. dramatic irony d. a compulsion
The tendency to perceive objects that are the same shape, size, or color as part of a related pattern is the Gestalt principle of __________
a. closure b. similarity c. symmetry d. proximity
Most people do not perceive their risks correctly, and they view their poor health behaviors as shared by everyone. This perception is often
A. unambiguous. B. socially influenced. C. unrealistically optimistic. D. unrealistically pessimistic.