Little does she know it, but while Ileana is having a great time at camp, making new friends and learning new skills, some of her neural connections are growing stronger—especially in her hippocampus—and new synapses have been constructed. What is the name of this process by which experiences become lasting memories?
-classical conditioning
-spreading activation
-dual coding
-consolidation
-consolidation
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An area of specialization in applied psychology that is primarily involved in the treatment of less severe problems of everyday life (such as marriage counseling) is
a. social psychology. b. counseling psychology. c. clinical psychology. d. cognitive psychology.
Ignacio calls a telephone hot line because he is thinking of harming himself. The telephone counselor asks him if he is married, if he has ever harmed himself before, and the stressors he faces. Why are these questions being asked?
a. The counselor is assessing his lethality. b. The counselor just wants to establish good rapport. c. The law requires this information about everyone who calls a telephone hot line. d. The counselor is performing a psychological autopsy.
The extinction explanation of systematic desensitization states that the anxiety response decelerates because the client is exposed to repeated trials in which
a. the anxiety response is replaced by approach behaviors. b. the client ceases to anticipate aversive consequences. c. a client's interpretation of the situation is changed. d. anxiety is not paired with the anxiety evoking situation.
Jon believes that exercise is a cause of higher levels of life satisfaction. If Jon plans to study this hypothesis experimentally, his independent variable would be the ____.?
a. ?amount of exercise his participants receive b. ?level of life satisfaction before the exercise c. ?level of life satisfaction after the exercise d. ?physical health of his participants