As part of a psychological experiment, Danusya is removed from cues about whether it is day or night outside. Based on results in previous findings, we can predict that her sleep/wake cycle would probably become extended to
a. 36 hours. c. 32 hours.
b. 25 hours. d. none of these.
B
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René Descartes, a French philosopher and mathematician, believed that the mind had its effects on the brain and body through the:
A) ventricular system. B) parasympathetic nervous system. C) hippocampus. D) pineal gland.
A therapist who is working with a client diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder decides to use stress inoculation training. Which of the following is likely to take place during this treatment?
a. First, the client is taught how certain thought patterns lead to anxiety, and is also taught how to cope with potential threats. Next, the client rehearses these coping skills and then applies them in various stressful conditions. b. The client is "flooded" or "imploded" with anxiety by being forced to remain in the most anxiety-provoking situation imaginable, thus decreasing the anxiety experienced in similar but less extreme situations. c. Unconscious conflicts that underlie the anxiety are explored in order to neutralize the anxiety at the most fundamental psychological level. d. more than one of the above
A four-year-old child who insists on choosing and putting on her clothes without any assistance from her mother would be classified by Erikson as being in the ________ stage
a. concrete operational b. trust versus mistrust c. initiative versus guilt d. intimacy versus isolation e. competence versus inferiority
__________ theory encompasses the idea that people are motivated to maintain an optimal level of stimulation or excitement
a) Arousal b) Instinct c) Stimulus d) Expectancy