Steve is a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. With little provocation, he will engage you in a debate about whether it is the greatest team in basketball. Steve may be demonstrating ________
a) bias
b) critical thinking
c) an eclectic approach
d) unconscious behavior
ANS: a
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Planned activity scheduling prevents behavior by
a. modifying regular environments. b. promoting competing behaviors. c. removing maintaining reinforcers. d. introducing salient consequences.
Margie is sure that she can never find a boyfriend who will love her like her old boyfriend did. Albert Ellis would probably help her
a. see that this is unduly pessimistic. b. focus more on positive events as well as the negative. c. consider the circumstances and avoid negative conclusions about her self-worth. d. do all of these.
Professor Bonzo leans on the table, unknowingly pressing his hand onto a thumb tack placed there by a student; he jerks his hand away quickly, demonstrating a(n)
a. lanugo. b. implantation. c. reflex. d. first stage of labor.
Cognitive "executive control processes" are like having a
a. note pad that never loses information. b. utilization deficiency that never gets better. c. little person in your head who decides what to do. d. tape recorder that repeatedly plays the same old tape.