When we remove an unpleasant event by making a response, we experience

a. shaping.
b. extinction.
c. negative reinforcement.
d. positive reinforcement.


C

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a. the effect of smoking on neurotransmitter systems and memory b. how memory processes change from infancy to old age c. growing up in the 1960s, and its influence on drug use in adulthood d. sex differences in marital satisfaction

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You are driving to your roommate's house. Not only have you not visited her house before, you have never driven in her hometown before

Listening to your roommate give you directions and looking for the street names she is saying requires _________________. a. vigilance c. modality switching b. sustained attention d. convergent processing

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Which of the following would be POOR advice for a person who wants to lead a self-actualized life?

a. Examine your motives. b. Judge your progress by the standards of others. c. Accept all kinds of information without distorting it, and try to see yourself as others do. d. Get involved and commit to a "calling" in life.

Psychology

Quasi-romantic and antagonistic games such as boys chase girls or girls chase boys, or exchanging mild insults such as “Girls are so dumb they can’t even . . .,” represent what researchers refer to as __________

a) border work b) gender identity c) gender constancy d) gender stereotyping

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