Darren is afraid of bees, but this fear is present only when he is near a beehive. This is because bees are most likely to attack when their beehives are threatened. This scenario is an example of
A) ?selective sensitization.
B) ?pseudoconditioning.
C) ?occasion setting.
D) ?disinhibition.
C
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Which is a common criticism of twin studies?
a. Twin studies are better suited to identify environmental influences than genetic influences. b. Fraternal twins tend to be treated more similarly than identical twins. c. Twin studies overestimate the role of prenatal experiences on development. d. Similarity in environmental experiences, not genetic similarity, may be the more important contributor to the similarity seen in twins.
Psychologists use the term ____________________ to refer to the way in which the alternatives in a decision problem are presented
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Alice is sitting at the table with her son Nikko. She takes his tall glass of milk, and pours exactly half of it into a shorter wider glass. Then she says "Honey, which glass has more milk?" Nikko immediately points to the taller glass
Nikko has not yet mastered Piaget's skill of _____________. A) centration B) egocentrism C) object permanence D) conservation
Which of these was later found to be one of the problems with James' theory of
emotion? (a) A generalized arousal response is the same for many different stimuli, so feedback from the physiological response could not allow a person to distinguish among different emotional feelings. (b) His theory stated that the emotion is experienced prior to the physiological response to the stimulus, but experiments proved that the physiological response comes first. (c) The physiological response to an emotion-producing stimulus typically takes one or two seconds to appear, but the emotional feeling (for example, fear) occurs almost instantaneously. (d) Both A and B (e) Both A and C