Based on various physical stressors, Hans Selye determined through autopsies that the rats in his experiments experienced common physiological patterns of change over time, such as reductions in the size of the thymus and lymph glands, enlarged adrenal cortexes, and ulcerated stomachs. He described these physiological changes as stress reactions. They were characterized as ____ because they
represented common patterns to a host of different stressors. a. generic responses c. physiological responses b. alarm responses d. non-specific responses
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
D
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William has just been to a therapist who prescribed an antidepressant medication. William should expect to experience a noticeable reduction in his symptoms of depression
a. within 24 hours of taking the drug for the first time. b. gradually, after at least 1–2 weeks of taking the prescribed amount of the drug. c. within 2–3 hours of taking the drug for the first time. d. only after 6–8 weeks of taking the prescribed amount of the drug.
Self-reinforcement:
a. has to be tangible to be effective. c. ceases when we fail to reach a certain level of achievement. b. can be guided by our past behavior as reference points. d. has also been alternatively addressed as the superego by Bandura.
Titchener, a structuralist, proposed that:
a. unconscious impulses controlled behavior b. immediate experience could be broken down into elements c. discovering the nature of stimulus-response associations could explain behavior d. conscious experience was more than the sum of its parts
Learned knowledge and skills are called __________ intelligence
a. practical b. fluid c. crystallized d. experiential