An irrational and often persistent fear of an object, situation, or activity is called:

-a phobia.
-agoraphobia.
-OCD
-a panic attack.


-a phobia.

Psychology

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When using prompting and transfer of stimulus control, the use of ____________ gets the correct behavior to occur, and the use of ____________ transfers stimulus control to the natural discriminative stimulus

a. fading ; prompting b. reinforcement ; extinction c. prompting ; fading d. reinforcement ; punishment

Psychology

Describe experience-expectant brain function and experience-dependent brain function. Explain how these functions differ and how important each one is for brain development

What will be an ideal response

Psychology

The focus of cognitive therapy is on

a. concept formation. b. assimilation and accommodation. c. overcoming stereotypes d. unconscious motives. e. rational thinking.

Psychology

Young Desirae is always asking her mother for things. "Mommy, can I have a cookie?" "Mommy, can I have a new toy?" "Mommy, can I have a drink of water?" "Mommy, I want to stay up late."

The fact that Desirae is not at all interested in what her Mommy wants, and instead focuses only on her own pleasure needs, suggests that she operates mostly from the __________ component of her personality. a. ego b. id c. egocentric d. superego

Psychology