One of the reasons people who go on strict or severe diets tend to rebound and regain the weight is that
a. dieting causes the body to become efficient at conserving calories as fat.
b. dieting speeds up the body's metabolic rate.
c. diets are unable to change the physiology of the body.
d. people lack the will power to finish a diet before going back to regular eating.
A
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"I thought about it and decided what to do.". Why would behaviorists reject that statement?
a. Behaviorists care about animal behavior and not human behavior b. Your thoughts did not cause the action, because events caused your thoughts. c. Behaviorists rely entirely on explanations in terms of brain activity. d. Behaviorists explain behavior in terms of unconscious thoughts, not conscious ones.
In John B. Watson's attempt to condition a phobia in a child, what was the conditioned stimulus?
a. A rat b. A loud noise c. Crying and other fear reactions d. Salivation
You make an appointment to see a therapist and, as you are waiting, you notice that a lot of the books on the therapist's shelves deal with the work of Joseph Wolpe. You might expect that this therapist will:
a. use counterconditioning to reduce specific fears and anxieties b. emphasize the need to bring unconscious conflicts into conscious awareness c. help you recognize and change negative thoughts and maladaptive beliefs d. help you recognize discrepancies between your self-concept and your everyday experiences
If test of leadership ability actually measures extraversion, then the test is low in
a. Reliability b. Construct validity c. Progressive validity d. Discrete validity