If you repeatedly "put yourself down" mentally or are preoccupied by needless worries and fears, a way to gain control over such thoughts involves using a technique known as
a. desensitization.
b. covert sensitization.
c. thought stopping.
d. operant suppression.
ANSWER: c
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a. Number of suicides b. Number of self destructive behaviors c. Number of prior attempts of suicides d. Test scores on the Suicide Probability Scale
What evidence supports the claim that children were sometimes treated as though
they were miniature adults? (a) the sexual exploitation of children (b) children working in mines and sweatshops (c) the child's description of how a bicycle works (d) the child's description of how marbles are played (e) both A and B
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a. the same levels of physiological arousal but less emotional expression than women b. less physiological arousal and less emotional expression than women c. greater levels of physiological arousal but less emotional expression than women d. the same levels of physiological arousal and emotional expression as women
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a) moratorium b) identity foreclosure c) identity diffusion d) identity achievement