Lindsey observes a little girl crying on the playground and she suddenly feels sad. What is the best explanation for Lindsey’s feelings of sadness?
a. Lindsey’s sensory neurons have been stimulated.
b. Lindsey’s brain is being flooded with serotonin.
c. Lindsey’s mirror neurons are firing.
d. The little girl called Lindsey a crybaby.
Answer: C
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A. Steven will start to associate enclosed spaces with relaxation rather than feelings of terror. B. His conditioned response (CR) will override the effects of the medication and he will remain terrified. C. Steven will generalize his feelings of terror and become afraid of taking any medication. D. The medication will have the opposite effect and cause him to feel an exaggerated sense of terror during the scan.
Thomas has found that if he looks down at his feet whenever his boss calls for volunteers, he happily gets passed over. Operant conditioning theory would say that Thomas has been ______ for breaking eye contact.
a. positively reinforced b. positively punished c. negatively reinforced d. negatively punished
If a patient falls in love with his therapist, this is likely a result of _____.
A. projection B. transference C. countertransference D. resistance
Placebo control groups and double-blind experiments are typically used to control for
A. individual differences variables and matching variables.
B. demand characteristics and experimenter effects.
C. selective subject loss and mechanical subject loss.
D. manipulated variables and extraneous variables.