Every time Jarrad opens his cigarette case or uses his lighter, he gets a painful electric shock. Jarrad's friends and family have been asked not to give him any cigarettes or light any cigarettes for him, so he must use his own lighter if he wants to smo
Eventually, Jarrad loses his desire to smoke, thanks to ______.
a) negative transference
b) behavioral contracting
c) systematic desensitization
d) aversion conditioning
ANS: d
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a. A mafia "hit man" who kills for paychecks b. A disgruntled employee who fantasizes about shouting at his boss c. A woman who tries to backstab an ex-lover by sending a package of incriminating photos to his new girlfriend, but mistakenly sends the package to the wrong address. d. A boy who posts mean comments about a fellow classmate on MySpace.
According to the introduction to the section on problem understanding,
a. understanding occurs when we have evolved an external representation for an internal problem. b. a primary criterion for understanding is the ability to represent the problem in matrix form. c. attention is necessary for problem solution, but it is not essential for problem understanding. d. understanding requires a close correspondence between the situation you need to understand and your own internal representation.
To say that an experiment contains a confound means that:
a. different participants are assigned to each group. b. the dependent variable is measured. c. the independent variable is manipulated. d. there is an uncontrolled extraneous variable in the experiment.
"Am I as popular as Cathy?" This question is an example of gaining self-knowledge through the process of
A. Peer-review B. Peripheral attribute C. Wishful thinking D. Social comparison