One night several years ago Barbara was raped at knife point on her way home from the library. Ever since, she has been afraid of the dark, of men similar to the rapist, and of knives
What concept would a behavioral psychologist find most helpful in explaining her current avoidance of these stimuli?
a) social learning theory
b) classical conditioning
c) positive reinforcement
d) systematic desensitization
b
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a. True b. False
Which of the following provides support for the idea that the number of protein encoding genes an organism has is not correlated with the organism's complexity?
A. Most of our DNA encodes for proteins. B. Humans and chimpanzees have almost the same number of protein-encoding genes. C. "Junk" DNA has no function. D. Humans only have slightly more protein-encoding genes than roundworms.
Research finds that, compared to introverts, extraverts tend to
A. be happier, but only on weekends. B. be less happy. C. have higher levels of subjective well-being and happiness. D. be just about as happy, but they enjoy different things.
Yap et al. (2013, Experiment 3) had students play a racing game in a driving simulator. Depending on the condition, they either played in a very small simulator or a larger simulator. They found that participants in the large simulator:
a) engaged in more ‘hit and runs’ during the game b) engaged in more incidences of ‘road rage’ during the game c) engaged in less ‘hit and runs’ during the game d) engaged in more incidences of ‘road rage’ during the game