The _____ is a structure in the brain stem responsible for life-sustaining functions, such as breathing and heart rate
A) reticular activating system
B) pons
C) medulla
D) cingulated gyrus
Answer: C
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In 1952, British psychologist Hans Eysenck published the first systematic attempt to empirically determine the
a. prevalence of suicide among teenagers. b. effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy. c. effectiveness of psychotherapy, particularly psychoanalysis. d. effects of long-term institutionalization.
Freud initially proposed that neurotic behavior in adults was the result of positive transference with the parent of the opposite sex
a. True b. False
Absentminded behavior is most likely to occur
a. when you are performing a very important behavior. b. when you are performing a source-monitoring task. c. when you are performing a routine activity, but you are thinking about the separate steps involved in the action. d. when a prospective-memory task requires you to interrupt a routine activity.
Your dog jumps up on you when you get home. You eliminate this behavior by withholding you attention and ignoring the dog when it jumps on you. This is called
a. classical conditioning. b. negative reinforcement. c. punishment. d. operant extinction.