Many phobias can be traced back to a time when the person was frightened, injured, or upset by a particular stimulus, especially in childhood, and would, thus, be based on
a. inherited familial patterns.
b. emotional conditioning.
c. operant extinction.
d. instrumental acquisition.
ANSWER: b
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a. ?Ebbinghaus b. ?Fechner c. ?Darwin d. ?All of the choices are correct. e. ?None of the choices are correct.
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a. short-term memories. c. implicit memories. b. long-term memories. d. explicit memories.
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a. t test for independent samples c. one-way ANOVA b. t test for related samples d. two-way ANOVA
Which of the following statements is consistent with the proximodistal trend of body growth?
A) During the prenatal period, the head develops more rapidly than the lower part of the body. B) During infancy and childhood, the body grows from "head to tail." C) During the prenatal period, the trunk grows first, followed by the chest and the head. D) During infancy and childhood, the arms and legs grow somewhat ahead of the hands and feet.