Vanna's mother is ill and Vanna is feeling overwhelmed and sad. To cope with this stress of her mother's illness, Vanna has been writing her feelings down in a journal. Vanna is using
a. problem-focused coping.
b. emotion-focused coping.
c. distraction.
d. reappraisal.
e. downward comparison.
b. emotion-focused coping.
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Twin studies have found concordance rates of 63% to 87% between identical twins for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). What does this suggest?
a. ?OCD prevalence and behaviors vary by culture. b. ?OCD has a strong genetic vulnerability. c. ?OCD is a learned behavior through classical conditioning. d. ?OCD can be attributed to evolutionary causal factors.
Eli is studying alone in his room late at night when he hears a loud noise downstairs. His heartbeat increases significantly and his breathing becomes shallow. He wonders if a burglar has entered the house and decides to investigate. When he gets downstairs, he discovers his cat has knocked over a plant stand. His body begins to relax and return to normal. Which part of his nervous system is responsible for returning Eli to a normal state?
A. spinal cord B. somatic nervous system C. sympathetic nervous system D. parasympathetic nervous system
According to the stimulus-substitution model of conditioning, the
A) ?CS acts as a substitute for the US. B) ?CR becomes associated with the US. C) ?UR acts as a substitute for the NS. D) ?UR becomes associated with the US.
Why are concise, detailed instructions, such as those given to participants in the
Anderson and Pichert ( 1978 ) experiment, vastly important? A) because research participants often experience attention drift B) because the researcher must attempt to keep the participants active C) because the instructions are often critical to participant responses D) because without instructions studies are prone to subject attrition