Habituation is best defined by which of the following?
A) Shaping behavior patterns through operant conditioning
B) The decline in attention that occurs because a stimulus becomes too familiar
C) The development of repetitive behaviors that are characteristic of the secondary circular reactions substage
D) Strengthening or increase in behaviors that results from reinforcement
B
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a. need for closure b. need for cognition c. tolerance for ambiguity d. achievement motivation
How does diaphragmatic breathing decrease autonomic arousal?
What will be an ideal response?
Cheryl meets her fiancé's family and wants to remember their names. To do this, she repeats their names over and over again in her mind. This process is called
a. indexing. b. maintenance rehearsal. c. elaborative processing. d. chunking or reordering.
What basic assumption do cognitive-behavioral theorists make about human nature?
a. We are uncivilized at birth and our developmental processes teach us about acceptable behaviors. b. We are essentially good and through environmental influences including significant others, become our best possible selves. c. We are neither good nor bad, but rather are shaped by cognitive-personal factors, behavior, and our environments. d. Whether we are good or bad depends on inborn tendencies, but these can be shaped to some degree in early development.