Your little brother has a big ball of clay. While he watches, you roll the ball of clay into a long snake-like shape. He begins to cry because he thinks he has less clay now. Which of Piaget’s stages is your brother likely to be in?

The essential component of flooding is exposure to a highly anxiety-evoking situation long enough for discomfort to

a. decline. b. asymptote. c. sensitize. d. generalize.

Jaime tells her therapist, “I start to feel my blood pressure rise when my husband belittles me,” to which her therapist replies, “I sense that you become very frustrated when you feel like your husband is attacking your character.” Assuming a humanistic approach to psychotherapy, why does the therapist respond in this way?

a. ?to make sure she is interpreting Jaime’s feeling correctly b. ?to point out Jaime’s important insight c. ?to encourage Jaime to talk more about her feelings d. ?to help bring unconscious feelings to the surface

Which of the following people will most likely be helped by hypnosis?

A. Jeff, who would like to run faster B. Celia, who wants a better memory C. Kiesha, who wants to remember what happened to her when she was four years old D. Carlos, who wants to stop thinking about his foot pain

You see a television news report featuring a shopkeeper who shot and killed a masked gunman who was trying to rob his store. This is a case of

a. covert aggression b. prosocial aggression c. social exchange d. sanctioned aggression