Performance goals emphasize proving one's ability versus improving one's ability
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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a. genetic immunity to mental disorders is apparent. b. she can be certain future events will all go well. c. she has likely had social support and an inherent positive attitude. d. her attitude comes from her statistical analysis of future probabilities.
According to the current explanation for how we process an ambiguous word,
a. we typically ignore ambiguity until after we have completely processed the sentence. b. context constrains the activation of alternative meanings from the very beginning of processing. Therefore, many alternative meanings are never really considered. c. activation builds up equally for all meanings of an ambiguous item. d. initially activation builds up for the most familiar meanings of a word; then context helps to eliminate the irrelevant meanings.
The police blocked off the road in Carole’s neighborhood that she usually uses to get home from work, so Carole used the next quickest route. Carole easily found the different route because ____.?
a. ?she had developed a cognitive map b. ?she had been negatively reinforced c. ?driving on the new road had become a conditioned response d. ?the new road was an unconditioned stimulus
Iram is afraid of snakes. In an effort to help him overcome his fear, his therapist has him enter a room where there are dozens of snakes and has him hold them. Iram is not permitted to leave the room until the therapy session is completed
Iram's therapist is using __________ a) systematic desensitization. b) flooding. c) paradoxical intent. d) aversion therapy.