An experimental study focuses on the effects that the amount of exercise has on the number of calories consumed per day. The number of calories that a participant consumes is represented by the ____

In Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, what is the most important influence on our feelings, thoughts, and behaviors?

A. our early sexual experiences B. traits we inherit from our parents C. our unconscious D. our dreams E.our toilet training

Eric fell off a slide at the playground, slightly injuring his knee. As a result, he became fearful of the slide and cried the next day when his mother said they were going back to the playground. Eric's mom, however, insisted that they return, despite his fear. Assuming that he does not injure himself again, what effect is this return visit likely to produce?

A. It will cause Eric to completely forget that he ever fell off of the slide in the first place. B. It will replace his conditioned fear response (CR) with new learning that tells him the slide is not scary. C. It will increase his fear response and he will develop a phobia of all playground equipment. D. It will cause Eric to develop a conditioned fear response (CR) to his mother instead.

Which of the following psychologists contends that people pass through a series of stages in the kind of reasoning they use to make moral judgments as their sense of justice evolves?

a) Sigmund Freud b) Erik Erikson c) Lawrence Kohlberg d) Albert Bandura

What happens when the sensitive period for learning language closes?

A. Children forget what they had learned. B. People will not need to use their second language often to be able to use it. C. People will not be able to learn a second language. D. People will not be able to learn anything new related to language.