If a girl smiles at her date, it is possible that her date suddenly knows she probably will return a kiss. Her smile functions as a _____ for kissing her.
A) primary reinforcer
B) negative reinforcer
C) discriminative stimulus
D) conditioned stimulus
C) discriminative stimulus
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When you have "clashing thoughts" regarding your attitudes or self-images, you are motivated to make these thoughts and attitudes agree with your actions because of this
a. conformity pressure. b. obedience pressure. c. cognitive dissonance. d. open-ended role conflict.
The incubation effect is thought to occur because
a. the brain absorbs new problem-solving strategies during sleep. b. people become more logical over time. c. newborn babies are excellent problem solvers. d. people work on problems at an unconscious level.
Longitudinal research with antisocial personality disorder shows that ____
a. there is very little change in symptoms over time b. symptoms gets progressively worse over time c. the prevalence of symptoms diminishes over time d. most individuals die prematurely because of risk-taking behaviors
Tony has thoughts about hating his younger brother and wishing he would die. He becomes very anxious about these thoughts because he has developed the idea that if anything really happened to his brother, it would be his fault. For no explainable reason, Tony starts mentally counting by odd numbers each time he walks past his brother's room and discovers that this activity makes him less anxious
Tony's behavior can be described as a. a phobia of going into his brother's room because he is afraid his hatred will actually hurt him. b. a mental compulsion developed to neutralize his bad thoughts. c. an attempt to be better in math than his brother to gain parental acceptance. d. a compulsive ritual designed to make him like his brother more.