Dr. Young, a clinical psychologist, is conducting an assessment of a client who experienced a head injury in a car accident. She uses the Halstead-Reitan battery to determine impairment of the functioning of specific components or structures of the brain. Dr. Young is conducting _____ testing.

A. intelligence
B. neuropsychological
C. achievement
D. personality


B. neuropsychological

Psychology

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Two-Ton, the circus elephant, can balance his whole weight on one of his front legs. What is the likely way in which Two-Ton learned his trick?

a) shaping successive approximations b) classical conditioning c) paired associations d) negative reinforcement

Psychology

The major problem with biographical studies is that they ________

a. don't track long-term changes among individuals in the study b. don't distinguish age differences from cohort differences c. are less trustworthy than either cross-sectional or longitudinal studies d. take longer to run than longitudinal studies

Psychology

What do words, gestures, facial expressions, body language, and pheromones have in common?

A. They are all subject to the rules of orthography. B. They are all subject to the rules of syntax. C. They are all examples of language. D. They are all examples of communication.

Psychology

Rob is fined for driving over the speed limit. This is an example of _____

A) ?time-out B) ?extinction C) ?response cost D) ?repression

Psychology