Which statement regarding the relationship between classical conditioning and phobias is TRUE?
A) Phobias cannot be classically conditioned.
B) Most specific phobias are formed through classical conditioning.
C) Most social phobias are formed through classical conditioning.
D) Classical conditioning provides a useful model of therapy for phobias.
D) Classical conditioning provides a useful model of therapy for phobias.
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You are completing a research project on the history of mental illness for your psychology course. Based on your reading, if you visited an asylum in sixteenth-century Europe, you would likely find __________.
A. a place that mixed together the mentally ill, the poor, criminals, and the physically ill B. exorcisms being done by priests C. a place where people were given good food, work, and rest, so that they could recover D. a warehouse of mentally ill people living and dying in conditions of filth and cruelty
People perceive vertical and horizontal orientations more easily than other orientations according to the
A. principle of size constancy. B. oblique effect. C. law of pragnanz. D. law of good continuation.
Of the 125 proven false confession cases compiled by Drizin and Leo (2004), what percentage involved juveniles?
A. 5% B. 12% C. 21% D. 33%
In Bekhterev’s major book, Objective Psychology, he incorporated Pavlov’s conditioning model but with a different emphasis. Which of the following exemplifies Bekhterev’s emphasis?
a. Leg flexion following an electric shock to the foot b. Leg extension after the knee is struck with a reflex hammer c. Response to electric shock administered through surgically-inserted fistulas d. Salivation in response to food or associated stimuli