According to Kübler-Ross, a terminally ill person first reacts to the news that he or she is dying
A) by bargaining for extra time.
B) by denying the seriousness of the illness.
C) with anger.
D) with acceptance.
Answer: B) by denying the seriousness of the illness.
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Fill in the missing words using the options given. Methodological problems exist within many RCTs that compare NRT to (2) ______. This is because smokers in the (3) ______ condition can detect that they are not receiving any (4) ______ (Mooney, White, & Hatsukami, 2004; Polito, 2008). Dar, Stronguin and Etter (2005) found that (5) ______ group members were 3.3 times more likely to correctly guess that they had received placebo than to incorrectly guess that they had received nicotine (54.5% v. 16.4%). If the trials in a RCT are not (6) ______, the findings give a misleading picture of treatment effectiveness. Which word is a best fit?
A. nicotine B. double blind C. placebos D. placebo
Brian entered into a behavioral contract with his math tutor, in which he agreed to complete a specific number of math problems during the week. Each week Brian brings his completed math problems to his tutoring session to show that he engaged in the target behavior. Which method for measuring the target behavior is being used?
a. direct observation b. written documentation c. permanent product d. primary verification
Which example BEST describes the learning process?
A) squinting when looking into the sun B) using chopsticks more efficiently with practice C) salivating while eating a steak D) reading the words in this question
If individuals are assigned to experimental conditions such that each condition appears equally often and each conditions precedes and follows other conditions equally often, then participant assignment has been:
a. random. b. equated. c. counterbalanced. d. proportional.