Juan has claustrophobia, so Juan's therapist gradually
exposes Juan to smaller and smaller places while Juan relaxes to each step in the hierarchy, beginning with the lowest fearproducing item. Juan's phobia is being treated with
a. aversive conditioning.
b. confrontation.
c. rational-emotive behavior therapy.
d. systematic desensitization.
ANSWER: d
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Sigmund Freud was associated with which of the following schools of psychology?
a. behaviorism b. functionalism c. structuralism d. none of these choices
In the study by Greene, Sternberg, and Lepper (1976), they gave students a math game to play for fun. They measured how much time the children played with the math game prior to any incentive. Then they implemented a reward system to see if they could increase the willingness to play with the game. During the reward program, time spent playing the game increased, and then the reward program was stopped. When compared to control participants, students who were part of the reward program __________ interest in playing the games once the reward program was stopped.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Valerie is teaching Parker how to play the guitar. Valerie instructs Parker to sit across from her and watch her finger movements as she plays a song. She has found this method more effective than attempting to verbally explain the complicated series of finger movements. Valerie's teaching strategy indicates that her memory of how to play the guitar is stored as a(n) __________ memory.
A. episodic B. semantic C. procedural D. sensory
The principles of evolutionary psychology are founded on the work of __________
a. Heidegger b. Locke c. Darwin d. Maslow