After being cheated by a dishonest salesman at a local appliance store, Amy is able to distinguish between salesmen who are dishonest and those who are not. In this scenario, Amy is applying the concept of _____
A) sensory preconditioning
B) ?stimulus discrimination
C) ?blocking
D) ?latent inhibition
B
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According to Piaget, young children's thinking is rigid and strongly influenced by the way things appear at the moment because they are not capable of
A) magical thinking. B) animistic thinking. C) operations. D) centration.
The self-defeating pattern of attributions exhibited by many depressed individuals can successfully be treated by therapies that encourage people to ________
A) blame themselves for all negative outcomes and to avoid taking credit for successful outcomes and to avoid B) take credit for significant others' accomplishments and to blame themselves for negative outcomes C) examine the roots of their depression that can be found in their repressed urges, inner conflicts or traumatic childhood events D) view some successes and failures as due to external factors that they can control to some extent E) take credit for successful outcomes and to avoid blaming themselves for all negative outcomes
In the development of reaching and pushing, which of the following is the earliest behavior likely to be observed?
A. Grasping a moving object B. Holding an object in both hands C. Picking up a piece of yarn using index finger and thumb D. Reaching into a jar to pull out a candy
Marcus has been severely abused. Because of this abuse, he is more likely to
a. become schizophrenic. b. suffer from lifelong depression. c. become violent as an adult. d. suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder. e. become learning disabled.