Rachel has found that when she opens the cupboard door to get the cat food, the cats come running to the kitchen. Rachel knows that this is classical conditioning and that the conditioned stimulus is the ______
a. cat food c. running of the cats
b. cat d. cupboard door opening
D
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Why have divorce rates declined since the early 1980s?
a. The average age of the population is getting older. b. The people most prone to divorce are less likely to get married. c. State governments have mandated marriage counseling to reduce the divorce rates. d. Married couples are getting along better thanks to improvements in premarital counseling.
The purpose of stimulation research is to a. identify stimuli that activate a particular part of the brain
b. identify the function of a part of the brain. c. observe individual ion channels in the membranes of neurons. d. observe the activity of a particular part of the brain.
Everyday _____, studied extensively by Richard Lazarus, are irritating demands that occur daily and may cause more stress than major life changes do
a) hassles b) coping mechanisms c) decisions d) physiological stress reactions
Dwayne organizes a holiday toy drive for young children in his neighborhood. Once the toys are collected, he invites the children to pick their favorite toy from among all of the donated toys. If most of the children recently began walking, what pattern is he likely to observe in the children's choices?
A. Female children will pick all of the pink toys. B. Male children will pick all of the truck-related toys. C. There will likely be no gender-pattern to the toys the children select. D. Female children will pick all of the dolls with male faces.