If you smoke cigarettes, psychologists would urge you to quit so your children won't learn to smoke by
a. modeling.
b. direct reinforcement.
c. discovery learning.
d. respondent conditioning.
ANSWER: a
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What method did researchers use so that an observer would be conscious of a visual stimulus on some trials and not conscious of the same stimulus on other trials?
a. They presented the stimulus sometimes during wakefulness and sometimes during sleep. b. They gave the observer drugs that block activity in the visual cortex. c. They presented masking stimuli before and after the stimulus. d. They asked the observer sometimes to pretend not to see the stimulus.
Which of the following is not a reform in legal procedures regarding mental illness?
A. Holding everyone responsible for their actions (even those who meet legal criteria for insanity) B. Requiring the defendant to prove that she or he was insane at the time of the crime C. Eliminating the irresistible-impulse criterion from the definition of insanity D. Allowing verdicts of "guilty but mentally ill"
The idea that we often learn about ourselves by comparing our performance with that of other people is reflective of
a. social comparison theory. b. LeBon's view on mob violence. c. cognitive dissonance. d. performance comparison theory.
Prejudice based on guilt may cause an individual to ________ members of the target out-group
FIll in the blank with correct word.