You and your sister are watching your nephew. Initially he seems to be very interested in a stimulus that recently appeared, but seems not to be very interested in it after a few seconds
Your sister thinks that he might not have a very long attention span. What do you tell her? Your nephew is actually displaying ____.
a. boredom
b. sensitivity
c. dishabituation
d. habituation
D. Habituation is the gradual decrease in attention to a stimulus after repeated presentations.
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An important characteristic of the connectionist approach to cognition is that
a. it handles information by processing it one step at a time. b. it first analyzes an object's shape, then its size, and finally its color. c. it can perform many operations at the same time. d. it predicts that humans perform cognitive tasks much more accurately than they actually do.
As the months pass, Kurt begins taking more and more heroin as each dose doesn’t seem to give him the same high. Eventually, Kurt is addicted to heroin. According to opponent-process theory, ____ may be the basis of Kurt's dangerous addiction.?
a. ?sensitization b. ?learning c. ?habituation d. ?classical conditioning
Adler felt that some people become so fixated on their feelings of inadequacy that they develop ______
a. an archetype c. neurotic trends b. a fixation d. an inferiority complex
The difference between minor and major depression is that minor depression
A) is only seen in older adults. B) has fewer symptoms. C) is only diagnosed in women. D) responds to medication.