Jonas is extremely anxious about speaking in public. This anxiety does not simply apply to giving speeches, but even to speaking in a conversation with another person, ordering a meal from another person, making a doctor's appointment, and so forth. Because of his extreme anxiety, he rarely does these activities, and finds ways around them. For example, he will not eat out at all, and his sister
makes most of his doctor's appointments for him when necessary. Jonas's strategies for not engaging in these activities illustrate a key feature of anxiety known as
a. behavioral avoidance.
b. worry.
c. physical arousal.
d. catastrophizing.
a
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a. first analyze it into parts, and then assemble the parts into a whole. b. use a visual template that precisely matches the shape of the entire stimulus. c. recognize it in terms of its overall structure and shape. d. compare it with a set of features stored in memory.
_____ occurs when a stimulus is presented that increases the likelihood of a behaviour.
A) Positive punishment B) Positive reinforcement C) Negative punishment D) Negative reinforcement
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What will be an ideal response?
________ are professionals with a PhD or EdD who typically treat day-to-day adjustment problems, often in a university mental health clinic.
A. Counseling psychologists B. Psychoanalysts C. Psychiatrists D. Licensed professional counselors