Golda used to really enjoy potato salad, and at a family reunion she ate a large helping. Unfortunately, the potato salad had not been kept cold, and Golda became quite ill after eating it. Now she finds that even the sight of potato salad in the school cafeteria can make her feel sick to her stomach. In this example of classical conditioning, the sight of potato salad in the school cafeteria is:
a. an unconditioned stimulus
b. a conditioned stimulus
c. an unconditioned response
d. a conditioned response
B
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Dr. Chung says, "Psychologists are poor predictors of dangerousness for the same reason that meteorologists are poor at predicting when a tornado will occur." Dr. Chung means that dangerousness ____
a. is unrelated to the context in which it occurs b. never happens in the same place twice c. is something that is affected by the weather d. is a rare event
In which situation would you be most likely to receive needed help in an emergency?
a) in the student center at lunch time b) in the library with only one other person present c) on the exit ramp of a stadium at the end of a football game d) on a busy highway with your car on the shoulder of the road
What will be an ideal response?
A) autonomy B) intimacy C) stagnation D) generativity
Do you have any friends or family members who claim to have psychic powers-or have you suspected that you have them yourself? What is a scientific way to test whether they are really present?
What will be an ideal response?