A baby is in its crib while a swarm of relatives hovers, calling the baby's name and making cooing sounds. There is a radio playing in the background and sounds emanate from the television in the living room. All the while, the baby's mother is trying to get the baby's attention to get ready for its feeding. In all this hubbub the baby is most likely to attend to the mother's face and voice. What is the baby's behavior an example of?
A. ambient storage
B. delayed retrieval
C. selective encoding
D. recursive automatization
Answer: C
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Albert Bandura believed that our behaviors could be influenced by:
A. observations, imitation, and thought processes in addition to the environment B. understanding our reflexive actions C. introspection D. dream analysis
Features of include eating more rapidly than normal, eating despite feeling uncomfortably full, eating large amounts even when not hungry, eating alone because of embarrassment over quantity of food consumed, and feeling disgusted, depressed, or guilty after over eating
a. bulimia b. nervosa c. anorexia d. binge-eating episodes
There are no value judgments about what represents normal or abnormal behavior
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following is a problem associated with workplace aggression discussed in your textbook?
A) There are no tests which will help employers predict which employees are most likely to be aggressive. B) Once an employee is hired, there is nothing supervisors can do to reduce the likelihood of aggression. C) It is illegal to discriminate against an employee because they have aggressive tendencies. D) Some risk factors for aggression are actually desirable traits for certain positions.