According to the behaviorists, which of the following occurs when making a response delays or prevents the onset of a painful or unpleasant stimulus?
a. distorted thinking
b. neurotic anxiety
c. avoidance learning
d. existential anxiety
C
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a. To relieve severe anxiety b. To improve attention c. To combat Alzheimer's disease d. To help people lose weight
As part of a memory test, Kiana was given a list of words that included dog, pail, and hate. Later, she recalled these words as dig, paint, and hard. Kiana's errors in recall suggest that she had encoded the original word list
a. phonemically. b. semantically. c. implicitly. d. structurally.
Romanian orphans who had experienced the longest duration of early deprivation were most likely to show indiscriminate friendliness and difficulty in reciprocal social interactions that characterize _____ attachment
a. avoidant b. resistant c. disinhibited d. disorganized
A proprioceptor is sensitive to the ____
a. degree of relaxation or contraction of smooth muscle tissue b. position and movement of a part of the body c. percentage of fibers that are contracting within a muscle bundle d. degree of fatigue in a muscle