Which event represents a quantum change in personality?
A. Ronald, who wants to lose weight, commits to a diet plan and sticks to it.
B. Vernon, unhappy in his job, decides to enroll in continuing education courses.
C. Emily, a lifelong drug abuser, finally decides to get sober at age 52.
D. Zelda, who is an undeclared major, takes courses in sociology to explore her interests.
Answer: C
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a. a biological predisposition to be easily conditioned to fear certain things. b. the physical state or condition associated with a panic attack. c. psychological processes that accompany obsessive-compulsive behavior patterns. d. a particular type of learning situation in which negatively reinforced behaviors reduce the level of one's generalized anxiety disorder.
The evolutionary history of rats has rendered them ____ to associate a taste CS with an illness US, and ____ to associate that same CS with an electric shock US
a. prepared; prepared b. prepared; unprepared c. unprepared; unprepared d. unprepared; prepared
While looking at his professor, Brian finds himself thinking about his date on Friday, rather than about what his professor is saying. Brian's attention on his date is an example of
A. overt orienting. B. covert orienting. C. parallel processing. D. involuntary control.
Who believed that so-called universals were nothing more than convenient verbal labels??
a. ?nominalists b. ?realists c. ?rationalists d. ?nativists