In the diathesis-stress theory, the diathesis is ____

a. the amount of stressful life changes that activates a disorder
b. the individual's predisposition to develop illness
c. an individual's neurotransmitter imbalance
d. a faulty schema the individual uses to understand the world


b

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A. Humanistic B. Cognitive Behavioral C. Gestalt D. Psychodynamic E. Behavior therapy

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Sentiments themselves are learned via:

a. confluence learning b. reward learning c. integration learning d. substitute learning

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Kuhl and colleagues studied infants' discrimination of vowel sounds in English and

Swedish and found that infants learned not to pay attention to slight differences in the sounds in their own language. This occurred as early as the age of __________ month(s). a. 1 b. 3 c. 6 d. 9 e. 12

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Which of these is characteristic of a "flashbulb memory"?

A) short in duration, like a flash B) creative, like a false memory C) recalls a surprising, important event D) a procedural memorythat is unconscious

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