College students faced with unsolvable problems eventually give up and make only half hearted attempts to solve new problems, even when the new problems can be solved easily. This behavior is probably due to __________
a) learned helplessness.
b) contingency blocking.
c) latent learning.
d) response generalization.
a
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a. is the apparatus used to deliver the electric currents during ECT treatments. b. is a type of pseudopsychology in which people wear light-weight magnet head-bands to cure mental illness. c. involves the use of the MRI scans in performing deep lesioning on the brain. d. uses magnetic pulses to temporarily block activity in specific parts of the brain.
What is the scientific study of the influence of genetic variables on behavior called?
a. Evolutionary psychology b. Behavior genetics c. Concordance studies d. Biopsychology e. Behavior analysis
A dissociative disorder in which a person has several distinct personalities that emerge at different times is known as ______
a
The proximodistal pattern of development refers to
A) the center of the body developing before the extremities. B) development of motor skills starting at the head and progressing down the body. C) development of fine motor skills before gross motor skills. D) development of motor skills in the legs before the arms.