Regarding self-reinforcement, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Mildly depressed college students tend to have low rates of self-reinforcement.
b. Higher rates of self-reinforcement are associated with greater life satisfaction.
c. The use of self-reinforcement is closely related to high self-esteem.
d. Self-reinforcement can be thought of as the social learning theorist's counterpart to fixation.


D

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A. reported experiencing no pain. B. could only experience pain after the experimenter told them they could. C. left their arm in the water, but reported through their "hidden observer" that the experience was painful. D. experienced no pain while hypnotized, but recalled the pain after the hypnosis was over.

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Briefly summarize two advantages of evidence-based practice and two disadvantages of evidence-based practice.

What will be an ideal response?

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Distortion Theory is illustrated by which of the following?

a. One may so twist what another person says that the person becomes confused as to what he really thinks or feels. b. As a memory is communicated, the perception of the message is misunderstood by the receiver. c. Eyewitnesses are not reliable sources of information about events. d. Reluctant to face reality, a person may intentionally distort a past event.

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Buck has a friend who is deaf and was born to deaf parents who used sign language. It is most likely that his friend

A) developed sign language in much the same way Buck learned to speak. B) learned sign language as a whole rather than a series of stages. C) has not learned to sign because he can lip read. D) developed a secret language with his parents that only they can understand.

Psychology