A specific impairment of reading in a person with adequate vision and adequate skills in other academic areas is referred to as ____.
A. Broca's aphasia
B. Wernicke's aphasia
C. Williams' syndrome
D. dyslexia
Answer: D
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In an application of classical conditioning principles reported in the text, how were sheep ranchers able to protect their sheep from coyotes?
a. The sheep ranchers learned to shoot more accurately through reinforcement. b. Live sheep were injected with a poison that would kill coyotes. c. Sheep carcasses were injected with poison that would kill coyotes. d. Sheep carcasses were injected with a poison that would sicken but not kill coyotes. e. Sheep were classically conditioned to fear coyotes.
In the context of stress, which of the following is true of predictability and control?
A) The illusion of being in control allows people to feel that they are not at the mercy of the fates. B) The illusion of being in control fosters helplessness and hinders people's ability to cope with stress. C) Predictability is of greater benefit to people who perceive the ability to attain reinforcements as being largely outside themselves. D) Predictability is not of particular benefit to internals-that is, to people who wish to exercise control over their situations.
Failing to reject the null hypothesis when it is actually true is a
a. Type I error. b. Type II error. c. reasonable thing to do. d. result of an inappropriate level of confidence.
Psychologists use the term reinforcement to refer to something that ____________________ the likelihood of responding in a similar way again
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word