Maria works as a crisis counselor for a local agency. Although she enjoys her job, she finds herself worrying about clients after work hours and is often tempted to check in on her clients over the weekend. Maria is experiencing
a. Role spillover
b. Role congruence
c. Role conflict
d. Role overload
Answer: a. Role spillover
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a. repression b. sublimation c. projection d. reaction formation
In today's information-age societies, how many years of education seem to be the bare minimum for economic success?
a. 8 years c. 14 years b. 12 years d. 16 years
In Pavlov's research with dogs, when salivation was elicited by the presentation of food, the food (meat powder) was
A) an unconditioned stimulus. B) a conditioned response. C) a neutral stimulus. D) a type of positive reinforcement.
Habituation is best defined by which of the following?
A) Shaping behavior patterns through operant conditioning B) The decline in attention that occurs because a stimulus becomes too familiar C) The development of repetitive behaviors that are characteristic of the secondary circular reactions substage D) Strengthening or increase in behaviors that results from reinforcement