Which of the following is the type of conflict that occurs when a person must choose between two goals that have both positive and negative aspects?
a) approach-avoidance
b) avoidance-avoidance
c) approach-approach
d) double approach-avoidance
d
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What is the definition of a specific learning disorder?
A. any impairment affecting speech production or language comprehension B. difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities C. a visual impairment in which the child cannot see at 20 feet what most people can see at 200 feet D. any hearing impairment lasting longer than 4 weeks
When gamblers believe that a string of losses must soon be followed by wins, they are exhibiting
a. an attribution error. b. selective memory. c. magnified gambling skill. d. the gambler's fallacy.
Harlow's study of infant rhesus monkeys showed that:
A) surrogate mothers who were cold to the touch but provided food and water produced the strongest attachment responses. B) surrogate mothers who were soft to the touch but did not provide food and water produced the strongest attachment responses. C) early imprinting led to the strongest attachments of monkeys to their surrogate mothers. D) surrogate mothers who were inconsistent in providing food and water produced the weakest attachment responses.
Terrance is getting ready to start elementary school. His older sister explains to him what a classroom is like by describing in detail her kindergarten classroom. In this example, she is helping him form a concept of a classroom using
A. an exemplar. B. a prototype. C. functional fixedness. D. overlapping features.