As a young child, the white coat of your pediatrician elicited a fear response in you. Eventually, your pediatrician's waiting room and her receptionist came to elicit fear. This occurred because of
a. response hierarchy. c. generalized conditioning.
b. stimulus-response hierarchy. d. higher-order conditioning.
D
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____. a. ?extinction b. ?an inhibitory conditioned stimulus c. an excitatory unconditioned stimulus d. ?cognitive mapping
Which of the following would be the most promising treatment for Huntington's disease?
a. enhancing formation of glutamine chains b. increasing production of huntingtin c. blocking formation of glutamine chain clustering d. decreasing production of BDNF
If the monozygotic concordance rate is significantly higher than the dizygotic rate, one typically concludes that the behavior is
A. environmentally influenced. B. genetically influenced. C. influenced by both environment and genetics equally. D. none of the above
Carter, an 8-year-old African-American boy, is told by a researcher that certain verbal tasks are “not a test.” He is told that other verbal tasks are “a test of how good children are at school problems.” If Carter is aware of ethnic stereotypes, he will probably __________
A) perform better in the “test” condition B) perform similarly in both conditions C) perform far worse in the “test” condition D) answer the “test” questions, but refuse to answer the “not a test” questions