Helena has learned that she gets motion sickness easily. If Helena takes medicine before a boat ride so she doesn't get sea sick, she is demonstrating
a. avoidance learning.
b. a phobia.
c. stimulus discrimination. d. escape learning.
e. shaping.
a
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Which of the following statements BEST describes the view of the psychoanalytic theorists when it comes to explaining the origin of homosexuality?
a. In some cases, female homosexuality has been linked to prenatal exposure to abnormally high levels of androgens. b. There are anatomical differences in the brain between homosexual and heterosexual men. c. Homosexuality is a learned preference acquired when same-sex stimuli have been paired with sexual arousal. d. Homosexuality results when a boy is raised by a weak, detached, ineffectual father and an overprotective, overly attached mother.
Give one example of a topic in this chapter that illustrates each of the four developmental themes this text emphasizes
What will be an ideal response?
The scientific process by which a claim is shown to be wrong is known as ______.
a. verification b. classification c. falsification d. redaction
The fact that young children are so ____ may interfere with their ability to engage in altruistic behaviors.
A. purposeful B. accommodating C. sympathetic D. egocentric