Three-year-old Timmon misbehaves, and his mother places him in a chair facing the corner of the room for five minutes until he calms down and behaves more appropriately. This is an example of the use of
a. time out.
b. reciprocal inhibition.
c. desensitization.
d. shaping.
A
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a. surgency/extroversion b. positive affect c. negative affect d. effortful control
Margeaux has autism, though it is not severe. She is in therapy to develop her social skills. As she tries out a skill in a role-playing exercise, her therapist let's her know how she is doing. "A little more eye contact next time," says the therapist. "Let's try it again." Margeaux's therapist is providing Margeaux with
a. insight. b. self-control. c. introspection. d. feedback.
In comparing the dreams of men and women, researchers have found that generally ___________
a) there is no difference between them b) men dream more about home and family than women do c) women dream more often about strangers than men do d) men's dreams more often involve driving, aggression, and tools
Misleading information can often be inadvertently supplied to an eyewitness during the process of an investigator's interview and can result in false recollections. When this happens it is known as _____
a) the misinformation effect. b) source amnesia. c) encoding failure. d) retrieval failure.