An animal is placed in a box with a bar and also a wire floor that can deliver a mild shock. The experimenter first sounds a buzzer, then a few seconds later turns on the shock
Pressing the bar after the buzzer sounds but before the shock is delivered will prevent the shock from occurring. This is an example of __________ .
a. avoidance training
b. modeling
c. classical conditioning
d. punishment learning
a
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Studies show that between 3 and 9 months of age, infants __________.
A. become better at perceiving faces from other racial groups and stay the same at perceiving faces from their own racial group B. become better at perceiving faces from their own racial group and stay the same at perceiving faces from other racial groups C. become better at perceiving faces from their own racial group and worse at perceiving faces from other racial groups D. show no changes in face perception, either for familiar or unfamiliar racial groups
____ created phrenology, which proposed that the topography of a person's skull revealed his or her intellectual and emotional characteristics.?
a. ?Flourens b. ?Gall c. ?Spurzheim d. ?Broca e. ?Hall
Dr. Kelly is conducting an assessment on 6-year-old Stephanie to determine if her level of anxiety meets the criteria for obsessive compulsive disorder. Dr. Kelly is likely to also want to rule out what other disorder?
a. autism spectrum disorder b. conduct disorder c. schizophrenia d. bipolar disorder
Longitudinal research on IQ change during adulthood indicates that
a. crystallized intelligence peaks in young adulthood and then declines steadily. b. both fluid and crystallized and fluid intelligence peak in middle adulthood and then decline steadily. c. crystallized intelligence peaks and then declines, while fluid intelligence remains steady into middle-old adulthood. d. fluid intelligence peaks and then declines, while crystallized intelligence remains steady into middle-old adulthood.