Alison has claustrophobia that interferes significantly with her daily life. When she presents for treatment, the behavioral clinician spends an early session placing her in various highly controlled situations involving different levels of enclosure (e.g., a small room, an elevator, a closet) and collects data on Alison's behavior, her emotional responses, and physiological indices like
electrodermal activity. What is the term for this type of assessment?
a. naturalistic observation
b. controlled performance technique
c. ecological momentary assessment
d. behavioral analysis
B
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Leonard Heston conducted an adoption study of the possible causes of schizophrenia. What was the major finding in his study?
a. There was no evidence of a genetic influence on schizophrenia. b. Adopted individuals had higher rates of schizophrenia regardless of the mental health status of their parents. c. An individual's childhood environment has a much greater impact on the incidence of schizophrenia than do genetic factors. d. Adopted children whose birth mothers were schizophrenic developed schizophrenia at a higher rate than did children born to normal mothers.
Researchers have conducted studies on a variety of vision-like processes that are unfamiliar to the general public. This research demonstrates that a mental image has roughly the same effect that an actual visual stimulus has,
for example, in producing the masking effect. On the basis of this research, we can conclude that a. demand characteristics probably cannot explain the results. b. the propositional-coding explanation is likely to be correct. c. visual imagery is stronger than auditory or motor imagery. d. experimenter expectancy consistently influences the research on mental imagery.
The white cheesy material that coats the fetus's body is called
a. diethylstilbestrol. b. placental ooze. c. folic acid. d. vernix.
After a mysterious inflammation, Robin experienced irreversible damage to her ____________ nerve fibers, which at first left her bedridden. Although she eventually learned to use visual cues and willpower to sit and walk, her movements remained unnatural
a. kinesthetic b. cranial c. olfactory d. optic