Robert has a bug phobia. According to the anxiety conservation hypothesis, his fear of bugs does not extinguish because any exposure to bugs:
A) ?is negatively reinforced.
B) ?is negatively punished.
C) ?is too brief for extinction to take place.
D) ?results in incubation of the fear response.
C
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a. D b. Sc c. F d. L
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. functional fixedness adversely affects problem solving. b. the way a problem is represented will affect its difficulty. c. people tend to judge as valid those conclusions with which they agree. d. a mental set can increase the speed of problem solving.
The chief motivating factor in both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa is
A. a desire to purge. B. an overwhelming drive to eat. C. an overwhelming urge to be thin. D. a desire to starve oneself.