Eric's father is in the military and has been away from home for over nine months without leave and has not seen his son since Eric was two months old. Eric's father comes home and is anxious to spend time with his wife and son. However, during the first few hours of his return, 11-month-old Eric cries and screams when he is alone with his father (without his mother being present). Eric is
exhibiting
a. infantile amnesia.
b. motherese.
c. egocentrism.
d. separation anxiety.
D
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A psychoanalytic patient who lets her thoughts flow without interruption or fear of negative criticism from her therapist is using __________.
A. dream interpretation B. positive transference C. regression D. free association
Consider the prisoner’s dilemma (Poundstone, 1992). In which of the following pairings would the participants likely cooperate the least?
a. ?two participants from the United Kingdom b. ?one participant from China and one participant from the United States c. ?one participant from China and one participant from the United States d. ?two participants from Korea
Operant conditioning would be rather limited if every new situation required learning a new response. However, this is not the case because of
A. generalization. B. partial reinforcement. C. second order conditioning. D. discrimination.
The hypothalamus controls the ___________
a. hypnotic suggestibility ratio b. sleep–wake cycle c. frequency of nightmares d. growth hormones that occur during sleep e. behavior of the cerebellum