An adolescent monkey observes its mother responding fearfully to a snake. Later, the adolescent monkey responds with fear when shown a snake. This is an illustration of the _________ theory of phobia
a) avoidance conditioning
b) psychoanalytic
c) vicarious learning
d) two-factor
c
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Regarding the nervous system, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Nerves are not the same as neurons and can be visible to the human eye. b. The nervous system has more than one type of neuron. c. There are more neurons than glial cells in the nervous system. d. A nerve is best defined as a bundle of axons from different neurons. e. Glial cells serve to support neurons, as well as to form the myelin sheath on axons.
Basic anxiety is the feeling that the child's mother experiences when she is comforting him
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The bagger automatically carried heavy grocery orders to the car for women because he assumed they couldn't do heavy lifting. His feelings about women are an example of paternalistic prejudice.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In a longitudinal study, Proctor et al. (2003) found that children who watched at least three hours of television a day ____
a. gained 40% more body fat than those who watched less than 1.5 hours a day b. earned better grades than those who watched less than 1.5 hours a day c. increased their reaction time scores by 35% compared to children who watched less than 1.5 hours a day d. were more likely to develop Type II diabetes than children who watched less than 1.5 hours a day