In behavioral self-management, the activity you want to change is called the

a. goal gradient.
b. baseline.
c. primary reinforcer.
d. target behavior.


ANSWER: d

Psychology

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Freud's theory remains influential because he

a. pioneered the general idea of unconscious processes. b. pioneered the idea of organismic valuing and the possible selves. c. emphasized that the key to a healthy personality was fixation. d. used scientific methods to verify his findings and to predict future behavior.

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Cicero, an imperial Roman orator, endorsed a mnemonic strategy called the method of loci more than 2,000 years ago; the technique is still one of the most powerful known today. The method of loci involves

A. creating visual images associating list items with parts of a well-known place. B. using rhyming word-number lists as a base and associating list items with those. C. telling a story using all the items on the to-be-remembered list. D. repeating a list to yourself over and over until you remember it perfectly.

Psychology

Marcus likes taking his Great Dane, Brutus, to the dog park because the community value is keeping the park clean. He is often offended when other dog owners fail to clean up after their pets. Feeling offended by their inaction is a(n):

a. attitude. b. perception. c. belief. d. expectation of the situation.

Psychology

The changes from wakefulness to sleep are known as

a. rhymes. c. routes. b. rhythms. d. cycles.

Psychology