College students faced with unsolvable problems eventually give up and make only half hearted attempts to solve new problems, even when the new problems can be solved easily. This behavior is probably due to ______
a) learned helplessness
b) contingency blocking
c) latent learning
d) response generalization
A
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The Freudian concept of dream symbolism can be traced to Freud's childhood
a. True b. False
Which of the following statements is true in the context of taste aversions?
A) In taste aversion, the unconditioned stimulus can occur hours after the conditioned stimulus. B) In taste aversion, the unconditioned stimulus and conditioned stimulus must be close together in time. C) Taste aversions are unadaptive in nature. D) Taste aversions are a form of systematic desensitization.
Paul Broca's patient "Tan" lost his ability to speak because an area had deteriorated in his brain. This area is now called Broca's area and is located in the left __________association area
a. occipital b. frontal c. temporal d. parietal
Death-related experiences include which of the following:
a. death-related practices b. encounters with death c. attitudes toward death d. all of these e. none of these