Of the following, which would a psychologist consider the best example of learning?
a. a young man's beard beginning to grow at age fifteen
b. a woman experiencing labor pains
c. salmon swimming upstream during the mating season
d. a child being able to ride a bicycle
D
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Sara loves listening to music on her individual audio device, but she has heard that permanent hearing loss can result if she listens to her music at risky sound levels. Based on research indicating that __________, Sara minimizes the chance of this happening by listening to her music with background-noise-cancelling ear buds.
A. people are more likely to raise the volume to risky levels in noisy surroundings B. people who block background noise are not exposed to risky noise levels C. background noise is the main reason of hearing loss D. ear buds minimize the effects of risky sound levels by reducing the volume of music
After Harriet was in a bicycle accident, she became fearful of riding bicycles. Which theory of the development of phobias would explain this fear?
a. preparedness b. psychoanalytic c. operant conditioning d. classical conditioning
Which of the following is an example of assisted suicide?
a. Instructing a terminally ill patient on what household chemicals to mix together to create a deadly gas b. Injecting someone with a lethal dose of a drug that he or she is already taking c. Withholding medical treatment for a chronic disorder d. Removing someone from a respirator when brain activity is nonexistent
A visual sensory store is like a(n)
a. jiggling movement of the eye when the person gets dizzy. b. itchiness felt when an insect crawls on the skin. c. brief persistence of an image. d. echo in the ear.