If a hypnotist suggests "decreased pain," what will probably happen?
a. The pain will be as strong as usual.
b. The pain messages will reach the brain, but the person will react less strongly than usual.
c. The pain messages will reach the spinal cord, but they will not continue to the brain.
d. The pain receptors will not respond to harmful stimuli.
b
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a. She will try again the next year and plan to learn from her mistakes. b. She will probably experience learned helplessness and lose interest in gardening. c. She will probably be risk averse and not want to garden next year. d. She will probably plant only the tomatoes because those are what she had success with this year.
Suppose that Jessica has a phobic disorder, and she has a fear of snakes. A clinical psychologist gives her the appropriate version of an emotional Stroop task. Jessica would be likely to:
a. respond more quickly to items related to snakes than to other items. b. show an attentional bias, so that she pays less attention to the color of the ink, when the word is related to snakes. c. identify the colors more accurately for items related to snakes. d. ignore the meaning of the word itself, and focus exclusively on the color of the ink.
Lucas is someone who would score high on the Big Five trait of neuroticism. When dealing with interpersonal stress, with whom would he be most likely to use a positive relationship-focused coping method, such as empathy?
a. ?his brother b. ?his best friend c. ?his barista at the local coffee shop d. ?his girlfriend
Talon drinks one too many cans of "Jooky" last night. Talon spent the morning vomiting, and now even the smell of Jooky makes Talon nauseous. Talon is experiencing a ____, which can best be explained by ____ conditioning.?
a. ?taste aversion; operant b. ?taste aversion; classical c. ?learned immune response; operant d. ?learned immune response; classical