The extent to which a research setting physically resembles or looks like the natural or real-world environment is called ______.

A. external validity
B. mundane realism
C. experimental realism
D. internal validity


Answer: B

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a. grab the remote from him before he can hit the off button b. refrain from getting upset and scolding him when he pushes the off button c. take away a favorite toy when he pushes the off button d. A and B

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Imagine that you have an intense fear of flying and that that you are enrolled in a counterconditioning therapy program to help you lose this fear

Which of the following situations would greatly interfere with the success of this therapy for fear of flying? a. Your plane develops engine trouble while you are on a short 20-minute practice flight. b. You take a muscle relaxant to calm you before the therapy. c. You are told over and over that flying is quite safe. d. You watch a movie about a person safely flying on a trip. e. B and C are correct.

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Which is a characteristic of systematic desensitization?

(a) relaxation training (b) transference (c) insight training (d) systematic punishment (e) drugs

Psychology

According to Holmes and Rahe (1967), the death of a spouse was assigned a value of________life change units.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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