Every time Jeanie opens her cigarette case or uses her lighter, she gets a painful electric shock. Jeanie's friends and family have been asked not to give her any cigarettes or light any for her, so she must use her own lighter if she wants to smoke
Eventually, Jeanie loses her desire to smoke, thanks to _______.
a. negative transference
b. desensitization
c. behavioral contracting
d. aversive conditioning
d
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The __________ theory maintains that emotion is caused by the interaction of physiological changes and the cognitive labeling of the reason for the physical reaction.
A. James-Lange B. Cannon-Bard C. two-factor D. Yerkes-Dodson
Which statement about psychiatric disorders in the United States is accurate?
a. Depression and anxiety are more common in men than in women. b. Compared to adults, a larger percentage of children have anxiety disorders. c. Twenty-five percent of adults suffer from a diagnosable mental health disorder in a given year. d. Phobias are more common in the elderly than in the young.
Freud discovered that many patients could not recall episodes that happened prior to the age of three and that their recall was cloudy through the age of five. He identified this phenomenon as __________ amnesia
a. anterograde c. infantile b. dissociative d. retrograde
Which of the following developmental events occurs earliest in the prenatal period?
a. the baby is able to hear b. the baby is able to see c. the heart starts beating d. the neural tube develops into a three-part brain