If the instructor repeatedly raps the desk without firing the pistol, then the startle
response will diminish and finally disappear. This is called
(a) spontaneous deconditioning
(b) extinction (c) generalization
(d) discrimination (e) negative conditioning
B
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The Mensa Society is a social organization for highly intelligent people. If Mensa members are encouraged to date and marry among themselves, and to have many children, then it practices a mild and voluntary form of
a. positive eugenics. b. negative eugenics. c. genetic counseling. d. gene replacement therapy.
A child who quits trying early in a task because she thinks she lacks enough ability demonstrates her own
a. interest in a false-belief problem. b. realistic appraisal of a deficient genotype. c. self-reflective role-playing. d. learned-helplessness orientation.
Which of the following is NOT a stage in Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?
a) the arousal stage b) the resistance stage c) the alarm stage d) the exhaustion stage
According to the article Kids Say the Darndest Things, about children's memories, following the month of
suggestions after Sam Stone's visit, all children had a final interview. The most accurate way in which children recounted their memories during this interview was (a) drawing a picture of Sam's visit (b) telling the story of Sam's visit without questions being asked (c) answering specific leading questions about Sam's visit (d) responding to a multiple choice-like instrument which was read to them