Tom checks his wallet every time he walks near homeless people. This is an example of ______.
A. stereotype
B. prejudice
C. discrimination
D. adaptive response
Answer: C
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Which term refers to a condition in which electrical brain waves have ceased in a human?
A. terminal death B. presumptive death C. brain death D. functional death
Jake is a drummer in a rock-and-roll band and plays 45 rock concerts a year. He is likely to be exposed to sounds reaching as high as:
a. 50 decibels c. 90 decibels b. 70 decibels d. 120 decibels
Tiffany tells her husband that she thinks their dog is embarrassed to be walked around the neighborhood in the sweater that she knitted for him. This is almost certainly an example of
a. divergent thinking. b. stereotype threat. c. anthropodenial. d. anthropomorphism.
The simplest way to produce extinction of learned behavior is through
(a) shock therapy (b) negativism (c) withholding reinforcement (d) increasing conflicting reinforcement