Pyrophobia involves a fear of ________, whereas arachnophobia involves a fear of ________

a. death; public speaking
b. dogs; death
c. fire; spiders
d. closed spaces; open spaces
e. birds; strangers


c. fire; spiders

Psychology

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The sentences "The dog bit the boy" and "The boy was bit by the dog" have the same meaning, but differ in ________

a) syntax b) pragmatics c) semantics d) morphology

Psychology

According to the research on nicotine and cigarette smoking, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. In large doses nicotine causes stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea, cold sweats, dizziness, confusion, and muscle tremors. b. The use of smokeless tobacco, such as chewing tobacco and snuff, have not been shown to cause any cancers at this time. c. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths worldwide. d. Secondary smoke causes about 3,500 lung cancer deaths and as many as 70,000 heart disease deaths each year in the United States alone.

Psychology

If you wear a particular tie and get teased and laughed at, you are less likely to wear this tie again. This illustrates

a. an automatic, nonlearned response. b. learning by an association of stimuli. c. operant conditioning. d. classical conditioning.

Psychology

A friend is worried that her 4-year-old daughter is not developing on schedule. What can you tell her about the physical development of preschoolers?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology