For months after he was involved in a very serious car accident, Micah would cringe when he drove past the site where the accident took place. Over time, however, that response to the bad memory started to fade away,
and after about a year his "jitters" had disappeared completely. The process by which a learned response fades away is called __________.
a. extinction
b. unlearning
c. conditioned diminishing
d. unconditioned diminuation
Answer: A
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a. applying biological principles to the psychology of a healthy social life b. interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors c. primarily biology; individual psychology and social factors are sometimes relevant d. successful application of biopsychological principles to social life
Maslow referred to the need to fulfill one's own unique potential as the need for
a. self-esteem. b. self-actualization. c. intrinsic motivation. d. self-sufficiency. e. achievement.
Research suggests that for an adult, the loss of a parent is
a. more difficult to deal with for women than for men. b. upsetting, but in some ways expected and therefore tends to be easier to deal with than the death of a child or of a spouse. c. typically the most difficult type of loss with which to cope. d. characterized by anger but not guilt.
According to the output, what can we conclude about the assumptions of the within-subjects ANOVA?
A. Sphericity assumption is met. B. The population of scores is not a normal distribution. C. We do not have enough information to make conclusion about test assumptions. D. Sphericity assumption is not met.