What term refers to attempting to understand the causes of a behavior?
a. Association
b. Accommodation
c. Assimilation
d. Attribution
d
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In trying to understand the psychology of addiction, Dr. Jackson focuses on the neurochemical changes that occur, Dr. Fong focuses on the consequences that people experience for their behavior, and Dr. Wenkle focuses on the cognitive processes that people use in choosing their actions. The different perspectives of these three professionals help to illustrate the underlying theme that
a. psychology is theoretically diverse. b. psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context. c. psychology is empirical. d. our experience of the world is highly subjective.
Children who demonstrate resilience in response to maltreatment show __________.
A. the ability to bounce back from stress and maltreatment B. daily cortisol levels that cannot change C. inability to recover from stress and maltreatment D. no ability to respond to positive influences in the environment, such as a relationship with a supportive adult
The urine alarm treatment of enuresis is based on
a. modeling therapy. b. classical conditioning. c. operant conditioning. d. retention control training.
The category "animal" has a graded structure, which means that
a. most of the examples are well known to the general public. b. the members of that category are not all equally representative of that category. c. procedural knowledge is more important than declarative knowledge. d. there is a family resemblance among the members of this category.