As a child, the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy was once challenged by his older brother to remain standing in a corner until he could stop thinking of a white bear. That is, he was challenged to engage in ____
a. ironic processing
b. thought suppression
c. the confirmation bias
d. magical thinking
B
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A token economy is an incentive system in which hospitalized patients with schizophrenia
a. earn "tokens" for appropriate behavior. b. lose "tokens" for disruptive behavior. c. both of these d. neither of these
Which one of the following is an example of a ratio level of measurement?
a. the number of times a laboratory monkey presses a bar in its experimental chamber during a one-hour period b. the temperature in Celsius of a hospital patient c. a racing-car driver's position at the end of a race d. a patient' rating of his own anxiety level on a scale where l0 represents "low anxiety" and l00 represents "extreme anxiety"
In general, psychologists agree that the inability to remember experiences during the first years of life is due to the defense mechanism of repression
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
During the first year, as infants act on the environment, they
A) are self-involved and cannot focus on objects. B) cannot distinguish between self and others. C) notice effects that help them sort out self, other people, and objects. D) are unable to separate objects from the surrounding world.