John, "Mr. Anxiety," finally musters up the courage to ask the beautiful and popular Carole to go to the movies. She finds the idea so ridiculous that she laughs out loud the instant he has gotten the question out. John's face turns the color of a steamed lobster. In classical conditioning terms, John's experience is an example of ________
a. trace conditioning
b. delayed conditioning
c. simultaneous conditioning
d. backward conditioning
A
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A. retribution B. object permanence C. assimilation D. goal-directed behavior
Suppose you were the director of a rape crisis center. What could you expect in terms of the frequency of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among the clients who come to your center immediately and at three months after a traumatic experience?
a. Because PTSD is delayed, no one would meet the criteria for PTSD at this time b. About 10 percent would meet the criteria for PTSD immediately; about 50 percent would suffer from PTSD at three months. c. PTSD symptoms could be present immediately, but symptoms could go away for periods of time. d. Because rape is quite common, there will be almost no cases of PTSD either immediately or three months after the assault.
Gretchen suffered a stroke recently and now she finds that she constantly hears a buzzing sound in her ears. Based on what is known about the functions of the lobes within the cerebral cortex, you should conclude that Gretchen's stroke most likely affected her:
a. temporal lobes b. frontal lobes c. occipital lobes d. parietal lobes
Among Latino adolescents in the United States, high self-esteem is predicted by authoritative parenting coupled with ______.
A. strict discipline and parent-time employment B. athletic competence and peer acceptance C. biculturalism and familism D. identity moratorium and global self-worth