A situation in which a teratogen is virtually harmless in small doses but becomes harmful once exposure reaches a certain level is known as the ______

Fill in the blank with correct word


threshold effect

Psychology

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Krause and colleagues (2000) have found that the process of turning problems over to God involves three specific steps

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

In a token economy, what happens when reinforcers are no longer contingent on

performance? a. Performance generally increases. b. Performance generally increases and then suddenly decreases. c. Performance generally decreases. d. Performance generally decreases and then suddenly increases. e. Performance generally remains the same.

Psychology

The "rule" that says humans should drink eight cups of plain water per day is

A. a good one, because that is about the right amount of fluids everybody needs. B. not so good, because we need about twice that much fluid for good health and skin. C. unnecessary, because we take in all the fluids we need from our foods. D. unnecessary, because we take in about half the fluid we need from our foods.

Psychology

Consider this scenario: A large, unreasonable request is made but, not surprisingly, turned down. A more reasonable request is then made and, as expected, is accepted. This scenario describes the _____ technique

Fill in the blank with correct word

Psychology