Graham is a 5-year-old who has a conditioned fear of furry and hairy things. He is fond of a snack of milk and chocolate cookies and associates pleasant feelings with it
. Psychologists pair a cat with the snack that Graham enjoys until his fear of the cat goes away. This is an example of ________.
a. counterconditioning
b. stimulus discrimination
c. instinctive drift
d. spontaneous recovery
Answer: a
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The __________ was organized in 1946 and provided active support for research and clinical training programs.
A. American Psychiatric Association B. American Psychological Association C. National Association of Clinical Psychiatry D. National Institutes of Mental Health
When findings from a study are likely to generalize to other people and other settings, the study is said to have ____
a. external validity b. internal validity c. construct validity d. mundane realism
Little Billy is constantly climbing, exploring, and trying to do things for himself. His parents try to restrict this exploring and also tend to ridicule his efforts when he makes a mess. According to Erikson, the actions of Billy's parents may cause Billy to feel
a. shame and doubt. b. guilt. c. mistrust. d. inferiority.
A(n) is a measure of how strongly two variables are related to one another
a) independent variable b) dependent variable c) experimental effect d) correlation