Julian seeks professional help for his fear of spiders. In stages, his therapist shows him pictures, movies, and models of spiders, then a real dead spider, a small live spider in a jar, several live spiders in a jar, and finally a live spider loose in the room. At each stage, he makes sure that Julian is fully relaxed. This technique is known as __________.
A. free association
B. systematic desensitization
C. aversive conditioning
D. transactional therapy
Answer: B
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Bianca is a shy, nervous, and obedient child. According to a study by Hart, Atkins, and Fegley (2003), Bianca would be classified as a(n) __________ child.
A. resilient B. overcontrolled C. undercontrolled D. antisocial
Smith et al. (2012) gave people 8 to 17 years of age a test of executive functioning and the Iowa Gambling Task, in which people choose either risky decks of cards with big payoffs-and big potential losses-or less-risky decks with lower payoffs but fewer losses. They found that executive functioning scores improved steadily from 8 to 17 years of age and __________.
A. children generally chose the riskier decks, whereas adolescents chose the less-risky decks B. the tendency to choose risky decks first increased in early adolescence, and then decreased in middle to late adolescence C. the tendency to choose risky desks first decreased in early to middle adolescence, and then increased in late adolescence D. there was a steady improvement with age in the tendency to choose less-risky decks and reject riskier decks
Tyler is a software developer. The newer educational software he works on will likely put less emphasis on higher order thinking skills and more on rote memorization
Indicate whether the statement is true or false