Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of behavior modification?
a. focus on behavior
b. procedures based on behavioral principles
c. emphasis on past events
d. precise description of procedures
c
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? Because you can easily think of examples when someone got injured at school, you conclude that schools are dangerous places. That reasoning is an example of what?
a. Categorization by prototypes b. The availability heuristic c. The framing effect d. Functional fixedness
Just after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush's performance ratings soared from a low of 50 percent to a high of 82 percent, only to fall back to 53 percent a month later. This phenomenon suggests that
a. political attitudes are especially volatile. b. although relatively stable, attitudes can and do change. c. political ads are not as effective as politicians would hope. d. the electorate had no internal justification for voting for Bush.
The tendency to be high on the personality trait of neuroticism has been shown to be related to a higher risk for __________ in female children
A) dysphoria B) mania C) major depression D) suicide
In the context of a cross-sectional study of self-esteem by Robins and others in 2002 involving a diverse sample of more than 300,000 individuals, which of the following statements is true of the research findings?
A. Self-esteem was low in the 20s. B. Self-esteem dropped significantly in the ages between 50 and 60. C. The self-esteem of males and females converged in their 70s and 80s. D. The self-esteem of males was lower than the self-esteem of females during adulthood.