Which theory argues that overall processing speed declines in the peripheral nervous system with increasing age?
A. pulmonary hardening theory
B. peripheral slowing hypothesis
C. generalized slowing hypothesis
D. decreased myelination theory
Answer: B
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A. meta-analysis B. free association C. psychoanalysis D. virtual-reality therapy
Modeling is a key component in skills training because many
a. clients do not wish to receive instruction. b. behaviors are too complex to convey otherwise. c. target behaviors resist imaginal extinction. d. social skills have no overt components.
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a. emotional appraisal. b. unconscious attribution. c. cognitive distinction. d. facial feedback.
During the Korean War, the Communist Chinese used which of the following techniques on prisoners of war to coerce them to sign false confessions?
a. cognitive dissonance b. mass media persuasion c. brainwashing d. cult conversion