Imagine you were visiting a professor during office hours. The conversation moved toward personality and his views on the research tradition. If he is an avowed behaviorist, which of the following would he be MOST likely to say?
A) ?"Personality is a collection of response tendencies that arise in various stimulus situations."
B) ?"Personality exemplifies a person's striving for achievement."
C) ?"Personality is someone's consistent dispositions carried across a variety of situations."
D) ?"Personality is the scientific nature of a person's mental processes."
A
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A. Unused synapses continue to function throughout the life span. B. Unused synapses are pruned and neurons are reserved for future use. C. Unused synapses eventually die, leading to disorders such as dementia. D. Unused synapses are used by the corpus callosum, leading to gains in gross motor skills.
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A. Systematic desensitization therapy B. Positive reinforcement C. Assertiveness training D. Modeling
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a. 65 cents c. 50 cents b. 77 cents d. 1 dollar