The method that gradually reduces a client's fears by training the client to remain relaxed and calm in the presence of a fear-producing stimulus is ________
a. free association
b. systematic desensitization
c. operant conditioning
d. reciprocal inhibition
Answer: b
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Researchers found that infants could still reach accurately for a glow-in-the dark toy even when the lights were suddenly turned out so that they could see the toy but not their own hands. This finding specifically shows that infants use __________ to help guide their reaching.
A. visual skills B. motor skills C. perceptual skills D. proprioceptive cues
Item analysis is different from the classical method of reliability because
a. a smaller number of items leads to higher reliability in item analysis. b. item analysis ignores total score. c. item analysis describes results for individual items, whereas reliability describes results for the scale as a whole. d. item analysis generally considers the validity of the test.
When looking for abnormalities in the brain as clues to the influences of schizophrenia in correlational research, it is important to keep certain questions in mind. For example, if a person with schizophrenia were found to have an excess of dopamine, a researcher would need to ask all of the following questions EXCEPT: a. Does too much dopamine cause schizophrenia?
b. Does having schizophrenia cause an excess of dopamine? c. Is there some factor that causes both schizophrenia and an excess of dopamine? d. Why is the dopamine system active in the schizophrenic brain?
“I can do it myself,” is the refrain of the child during the crisis Erikson calls _______.
a. trust versus mistrust b. autonomy versus shame and doubt c. initiative versus guilt d. none of the above