The most common phobia, the fear of public speaking, is an example of
a. specific phobia.
b. agoraphobia.
c. social phobia.
d. specific, situational phobia.
Answer: c. social phobia.
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Most human thought takes place in _______________ memory, where a few items can be stored for a brief period of time
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Mattie, an extremely overweight patient at the mental hospital, had a persistent and disturbing habit of stealing food from other patients. The behavior therapist assigned Mattie to a special table in the dining room. If Mattie approached any other table, she was immediately removed from the dining room. To produce extinction of Mattie's food stealing, the therapist used
a. aversive conditioning. b. nonreinforcement. c. covert desensitization. d. respondent conditioning.
Psychologists seek to understand subjective experience through:
a. replication. b. inference from behavior. c. common sense. d. direct observation.
According to international comparisons, instruction in the United States is __________ than in other industrialized countries
A) more challenging B) less focused on absorbing facts C) less focused on high-level reasoning D) more focused on critical thinking