The term "fight-or-flight response" was dubbed by American psychologist __________

a. Walter Cannon
b. William James
c. Francis Sumner
d. Mary Carver


Answer: A

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Jeff is a boy with autism who grabs and squeezes his face when the teacher asks him to complete a task. The teacher allows Jeff to leave the room when this occurs because he will stop hurting himself. After 5 minutes, Jeff usually returns to the classroom and completes at least some of the requested task. Describe how you would implement a DRA procedure to increase Jeff's completing schoolwork

and decrease his self injurious behavior. What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following parts of the limbic system play a role in our perception of emotion-evoking stimuli?

A. Thyroid B. Amygdala C. Hypothalamus D. Hippocampus

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Which of the following measures of unconscious prejudice describes the IAT?

a. a person's keeping greater distance from a member of a group he or she dislikes b. a person's slower associations between a target image and positive words than with negative words c. a person's making subtle slights and put-downs about a target person d. a group's ignoring the comments and contributions of its lone minority member

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