The fact that you learned to fear wasps and hornets, as well as bees, after being stung by a bee is an example of the process of _________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


stimulus generalization

Psychology

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You are listening to a radio talk show hosted by a psychologist. One of her callers asks why memories are so hard to retrieve. The psychologist responds, "After memories are encoded, they are connected in nodes in long-term memory. To find a particular memory, you must sift through all the nodes until you find the one you want." This psychologist is describing the ____ of memory.

A. cognitive theory B. network theory C. semantic theory D. modal model

Psychology

If you have been waking up several times a night for several weeks and then take a long time to fall back to sleep, you may be suffering from ____________

a) insomnia b) parasomnia c) hypersomnia d) reverse insomnia

Psychology

Cystic fibrosis is a fatal lung condition that results from a recessive gene. If one parent is a healthy carrier for the condition while the other is not a carrier, what is the likely outcome for any children they might have?

A. The children will be heterozygous for cystic fibrosis, and all will develop the disease. B. Fifty percent of their children will develop the disease, and the other fifty percent will be carriers. C. None of the children will have the disease, and none will be carriers. D. None of the children will have the disease, but each child has a fifty percent chance of being a carrier.

Psychology

Define stigma, and discuss how it may influence how people with psychological disorders are perceived and treated.

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology