All of the following are direct consequences of behaviorism EXCEPT
a. new therapies for modifying behavior disorders.
b. guidelines to create model utopian communities.
c. the determination that humans are innately good and capable of choice.
d. education of children through the use of positive reinforcement rather than punishment.
Answer: c. the determination that humans are innately good and capable of choice.
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a. the growth mindset. b. gatekeeping. c. co-regulation. d. path analysis.
Adolescents' perceptions of invulnerability may come from
a. the surge in hormones that accompanies the onset of puberty. b. the increased use of alcohol and drugs during adolescence. c. their tendency toward having personal fables. d. a tendency for adolescents to overestimate the risks of certain behaviors.
An experimenter finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he sees a picture of a nude female. The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then presents such a picture
The experimenter repeats this procedure until the man responds with an increased heartbeat to the sound of the buzzer alone. In this situation the unconditioned response (UR) is the _______________. A) increased heartbeat B) female's picture C) sounds of the buzzer D) viewing of the picture
The planning fallacy refers to the tendency to
a. be unrealistically pessimistic about someone else's ability to perform a task. b. be unrealistically optimistic about how quickly you can complete a project. c. overestimate how much time you need to complete a project. d. overestimate how much time another person needs to complete a project.