Children who spend the most time watching Sesame Street
a. become social introverts and are rejected by their peers.
b. show the same gains in cognitive abilities as do children who rarely watch the show.
c. are prone to be identified as controversial children by teachers or other adults.
d. show greater cognitive gains than other children.
D
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According to Freud, guilt is most closely associated with
A. reality anxiety. B. neurotic anxiety. C. moral anxiety. D. performance anxiety.
Every time Brooklyn cleans her room properly and makes the bed, she receives a marble. When she accumulates 100 marbles, she can get the new video game she wants. What type of behavioral program are Brooklyn's parents using?
A. modeling B. negative reinforcement C. token economy D. systematic desensitization
A 90-year-old woman kills herself rather than continue suffering with terminal bone cancer. A teenager commits suicide when his girlfriend breaks up with him and his parents are unconcerned. A religious fanatic kills himself to protest religious persecution. These examples of suicide suggest that ____
a. suicide cannot be studied in a scientific manner
b. all suicide stems from mental disorder
c. there are many different reasons for suicide
d. suicide is basically a sociological phenomenon
Psychologists using which type of therapy assume that if people have learned responses that cause problems, they can relearn more appropriate responses?
a. psychoanalysis b. applied behavior analysis c. client-centered therapy d. existential therapy