Fourteen-year-old Travis has watched the Texas Chainsaw Massacre at least fifty times. The first time he watched it, it really disturbed him and grossed him out. Now he laughs and makes fun of the lousy special effects
This decrease in Travis' emotional response to the movie is called
A) stimulation reduction. B) emotional deprivation.
C) affect diminution. D) desensitization.
D
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According to Allport, the level of functional autonomy that relates to low-level and routine behaviors is:
a. propriate functional autonomy. c. propriate striving. b. perseverative striving. d. perseverative functional autonomy.
An undesirable cognitive behavior that an individual wants to decrease is referred to as a (an) __________ behavior, and a desirable cognitive behavior that an individual wants to increase is referred to as a (n) __________ behavior
a. operant; respondent b. excess; deficit c. overt; covert d. dysfunctional; functional
The Big Five personality traits remain quite stable throughout adulthood; a proposed sixth trait, dependence on others, is observed in
A. Asia. B. Australia. C. the Philippines. D. the United States.
The ability to recognize the self predicts
a. the onset on infantile amnesia. b. the cessation of infantile amnesia. c. the child's ability to talk about past events. d. the child's ability to tell a story.