Ginger has been procrastinating on finishing her dissertation. So, she and her fiancé draw up a formal agreement in which she states that she will meet weekly deadlines on the number of pages she will complete and the rewards she will receive, such as eating out at her favorite restaurant, and the consequences she will incur, such as chores she hates to do. Ginger and her fiancé are utilizing
which of the following to help Ginger finish her dissertation?
a. the Premack principle
b. higher order conditioning
c. a behavioral contract
d. self-recording
C
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Regarding psychological factors that buffer the effects of stress, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. The mechanism through which social networks and sociability affect vulnerability to illness remains to be determined. b. Psychologists believe that optimism can be learned. c. Optimism is a strong predictor of long-term survival among heart disease patients. d. Psychological hardiness among undergraduates is linked to higher academic achievement. e. Optimism has been linked to better birth outcomes among pregnant women, as well as better psychological adjustment among cancer patients.
In 2003, the Supreme Court decided two cases concerning the University of Michigan's affirmative action policies. Which of the following best describes the outcome of the cases?
A. Both the law school's and the undergraduate school's policies were deemed unconstitutional. B. The law school's policy was upheld, the undergraduate school's policy was deemed unconstitutional. C. The law school's policy was deemed unconstitutional, the undergraduate school's policy was upheld. D. Both the law school's and the undergraduate school's policy were upheld.
John was an aggressive and defiant kid in grade school, and as a teen he is involved in serious delinquency. His mother, a single parent, has given up on him. Moffitt would say that John is at high risk for becoming a(n) _____ offender
A) status B) life-course-persistent C) adolescence-limited D) transitory
After a brief early commitment to hypnosis as a method of uncovering unconscious material, Freud later developed his psychoanalytic method of
a. factor analysis. b. situational determinism. c. empathy. d. free association.