A person starts from one point and comes up
with many different ideas or possibilities based on that point. The person is engaging in ________.
a) functional thinking
b) circular thinking
c) convergent thinking
d) divergent thinking
ANS: d
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According to the discussion of single women,
a. currently there is a dramatic increase of research about never-married heterosexual women. b. married women are slightly more likely than single women to work outside the home. c. most single women would prefer to marry a less-than-perfect man, rather than to remain single for the remainder of their life. d. in general, married women live longer than single women.
Each chapter in your psychology book concludes with summaries of the chapter's "big ideas" and enduring principles. These ending summaries will help you during which step in the SQ4R method?
a. sequencing b. scanning c. recite d. review
A variable that occurs along with the independent variable and differentially affects performance in different groups is called:
a. a confound. b. error. c. nonsystematic variation. d. the dependent variable.
Which of these is a therapeutic approach that uses the concepts of operant conditioning to modify behaviors and is one of the most commonly used therapeutic interventions for treating individuals with autistic spectrum disorders?
a) applied behaviorial analysis (ABA) b) contingency management therapy c) alternative desired behavior analysis d) reinforcement-punishment training