You are absolutely terrified of dogs. Your behavior therapist is taking you to a kennel where you will be surrounded by 10 dogs. This therapeutic approach is known as
a. systematic desensitization. c. aversion conditioning.
b. higher-order conditioning. d. flooding.
D
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In a classic study on social facilitation that involved college students shooting pool at a student union, it was found that when being watched by others, the less confident, average pool players
a. decreased their accuracy. b. improved their accuracy. c. showed no change in their pool shooting ability. d. became extreme showmen and took risky shots, many of which did not pay off.
Mark and Angela met one night at a local bar, and after dating for two weeks they decided to move in together, despite barely knowing one another. Their relationship represents __________.
A. companionate love B. infatuated love C. fatuous love D. empty love
Using _____ to measure the basic elements of conscious _____ was a goal of the structuralist school of psychology.
A) free association; sensation B) free association; perception C) introspection; sensation D) introspection; perception
A researcher determines the amount of sleep for each child by interviewing the children's parents. Then the researcher watches the children in the classroom to obtain measurements of their level of attention. The researcher hopes to demonstrate that amount of sleep is related to attention level. This researcher is using a ____ research strategy
a. descriptive b. correlational c. experimental d. scientific