When Roger Barker and his colleagues (1941) prevented children from playing with attractive toys, once the children gained access to the toys, they behaved destructively, smashing the toys and throwing them against the wall. These results demonstrate the power of _______ to increase aggression.

A) social learning
B) absolute deprivation
C) aggressive stimuli
D) frustration
E) imitation


D) frustration

Psychology

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Which procedure is NOT used to enhance generalization following BST?

a. using a variety of role plays in training b. using real-life situations in training c. using assignments for the learner to practice the skills outside of the training sessions d. using continuous reinforcement for correct responses in the training session

Psychology

Adler believed that a boy raised in a family of girls is likely to develop:

a. no gender orientation b. a very masculine or very feminine orientation c. a woman's rather than a man's sexual urges d. into a transvestite

Psychology

A vulnerability to stress, which is a tendency to be generally ___________overactive to the events of daily life.

A. sociologically B. physiologically C. hypersexually D. neurobiologically

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After conducting many studies in search of the engram, Lashley concluded that the engram

a. is not located in the brain. b. will most likely never be found. c. will be found in certain localized regions of the brain. d. was widely distributed throughout the entire cortex.

Psychology