Hector's therapist is hoping that __________ will help treat his pedophilia. The therapist is going to pair the unpleasant smell of ammonia with sexual stimuli of children in the hope that Hector will develop a conditioned negative reaction to thinking of children in sexual ways.

A. aversive conditioning
B. psychodynamic therapy
C. reinforcement therapy 0
D. social skills training


Answer: A

Psychology

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Shih and her colleagues studied how Asian American college women performed on a difficult math test. Their results showed that the participants performed best if

a. they had been reminded about their ethnicity before taking the test. b. they had been reminded about their gender before taking the test. c. they had been reminded about both their ethnicity and their gender before taking the test. d. they had received no reminder before taking the test.

Psychology

The unspoken mental plan that defines a "plot," dialogue, and actions expected to take place in a sexual encounter is referred to as a(n) __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

Over the past few decades, psychologists have switched the focus of their research from how people learn word lists to

a) how people recall pictures. b) the processes by which memories are formed and used. c) determining why children have better memories than adults. d) the neural connections between early memories and how we later recall information.

Psychology

What is the name of the therapy that is derived from the positive psychology movement?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology