What is unusual about learned avoidance behaviors?

a. They are easily forgotten
b. They are highly resistant to extinction.
c. They fail to generalize to similar stimuli.
d. Only humans can learn them.


b

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A close emotional bond that infants form with parents, caregivers, or others is called

a. separation anxiety. b. social referencing. c. emotional attachment. d. imprinting.

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In the 1950s Terence had a procedure done to him where the doctor used an instrument to cut the nerve fibers connecting his prefrontal cortex to the rest of the brain. This procedure, called _____________, left him withdrawn and unable to care for himself

A) ECT B) deep brain surgery C) a lobotomy D) transcranial stimulation

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You watch a demonstration taking place on campus. You are excited and when you get home you tell your roommate Alberta about what you saw. Another roommate, Lucy, returns later and you overhear her excitedly telling Alberta about the same demonstration, but her description doesn't sound anything like what you saw. What most likely accounts for this difference?

A. Eidetic imagery B. Proactive inhibition C. Constructive memory D. Retrograde amnesia

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Followers of Freud who later developed their own theories ofpersonalityare known as

A) humanists B) psychosocial theorists C) social behaviorists or self theorists D) neo-Freudians

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