In post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), individuals often become afraid of stimuli similar to those associated with their traumatic event. This occurrence is best explained by the classical conditioning process of
A. inhibition.
B. generalization.
C. discrimination.
D. latent inhibition.
Answer: B
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b. Only the formal operational thinker would conclude that "your foot would tickle.". c. Both would conclude that "your foot would tickle.". d. Both would conclude that "your foot would never tickle" after having a 20-pound bowling ball dropped on it.
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intelligence. b. Ken appears to have a math disorder because his math grade is so far below his other grades. c. Ken appears to have a math disorder because there is a discrepancy between his intelligence and his achievement in many subjects d. Ken does not appear to have a learning disorder, because he has shown that he can achieve when he wants to.
Josie and Jasmine attend the same child care center and are in the same classroom. Given that they are friends, they are likely to engage in all of the following activities except
a. smiling and laughing together while looking at each other b. choosing the same activities during free play time c. frequent episodes of conflict about which games to play when they go outside d. excluding other children from their conversations and activities
If the exact degree of difference between two scores has no meaning beyond the fact that one ishigher than the other, the level of measurement is
A) nominal. B) extraneous. C) rank-order. D) equal-interval.