Peter was attacked by a black cat when he was young. Due to this, he developed a fear of cats. A few years later, his parents got him a black kitten, and his fear gradually extinguished. On his way to work one day, he saw a black cat running toward him and felt his old fear resurfacing. In this scenario, the recurrence of Peter's fear of cats is known as _____
A) regularization
B) systemic desensitization
C) spontaneous recovery
D) counterconditioning
C
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b. Under hypnosis, adults can accurately describe events from early childhood. c. In adults, hippocampal damage impairs retrieval of episodic memories. d. People in many non-Western countries easily recall events of early childhood.
Imagine that you are an eighth-grade teacher who has just administered a standardized test of mathematical achievement. If you compare the scores of the boys and the girls in your class, you are likely to find that the
a. boys will receive significantly higher scores. b. boys and girls will receive fairly similar scores. c. girls will do better on math concepts, whereas the boys will do better on math calculations. d. scores of the girls will be more variable than the scores of the boys.
Disgust as a facial expression is displayed differently throughout the world.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Last year, the state increased the speed limit on one section of highway from 55 to 65 mph. To evaluate the effect of the change, a researcher gathered accident reports for six months before the change and for six months after the change. This is an example of a(n) ____
a. time-series design b. interrupted time-series design c. cross-sectional design d. longitudinal design