Judy was bitten by a small brown and white dog when she was a little girl, and now every time she sees a small dog approaching her, she is fearful. John B. Watson would say that Judy's fearful reaction is a result of what?
A. reinforcement
B. classical conditioning
C. punishment
D. psychosocial learning
Answer: B
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a. A specific genetic mutation b. Low birth weight c. Hostile home environment d. All of the above
You are being given a polygraph test as a condition of being employed at your company. The best advice would be for you to
a. not worry since polygraphs are 99 percent accurate, regardless of the examiner. b. think about upsetting past events to render the testing inconclusive. c. remain calm and then actively challenge the results if the machine wrongly questions your honesty. d. refuse to take the polygraph and immediately sue the company.
When scuba divers take red objects underwater, they appear to lose their color, but this does not happen to bluish objects. This demonstrates that water filters out light waves that have
A) long wavelengths. B) short wavelengths. C) a high amplitude. D) a low amplitude.
In a study, participants had to complete two tasks at once or separately. It was found that when they performed both tasks at the same time, they did not perform as well as when they performed the tasks separately. This experiment employed the ______.
A. dual-task method B. filter model of attention C. capacity model of attention D. single-task method