Markus moved into an apartment on a busy city intersection. Initially, the noise from the traffic kept him awake. After living in his apartment for a few weeks, however, the noise no longer bothered him and he slept throughout the night. This example demonstrates the behavioural process of:
A) classical conditioning.
B) sensitization.
C) operant conditioning.
D) habituation.
D) habituation.
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To explain the human universality and variability of emotions, Ekman and his associates ________
a) developed a concept of "display rules," which are rules for emotional expression b) developed an interobserver system to make sure that observers defined expressions reliably c) interviewed all participants in order to assess unexpressed feelings and motivations d) monitored the brain waves of participants to determine which hemisphere had higher activation
Which of the following describes the James-Lange theory? a. An emotional feeling causes changes in certain body activities
b. You feel an emotion when you perceive certain changes in your body. c. Emotional experiences are based on six basic emotions. d. Emotions vary along two dimensions, valence and intensity.
True-false examinations use
a. a dichotomous format. b. a polytomous format. c. a Likert format. d. a category format.
Ursula believes that traits and abilities as fixed at birth and remain the same no matter what. By contrast, Yuri believes that people develop their traits and abilities across time, and that they can become better and better with practice. Social psychologists would say that Ursula is a(n) ____ while Yuri is a(n) ____
a. collectivist; individualist b. individualist; collectivist c. incremental theorist; entity theorist d. entity theorist; incremental theorist