Suppose that Angela and Benito have decided to wean their two-year-old daughter, Maria
They plan to ignore all of her requests for her bottle.
Maria doesn't make it easy for them,
though: she screams, yells, cries, and throwstantrums every time her parents deny her
request for her bottle. The technical term for Maria's response to her parent's behavior is
a. spontaneous recovery.
b. extinction burst.
c. conditioned behavior.
d. resistance.
e. conditioned response.
b. extinction burst.
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a. "Psychological Factors Affecting Other Medical Conditions" b. Axis II c. a separate class of disorder on Axis I d. "General Psychological Factors Affecting Overall Health"
What does randomly assigning subjects to different groups ultimately do?
A. it makes the selection of subjects less time consuming B. it prevents subjects from knowing what group they are in C. it controls any factors that might influence the results of the study D. it ensures that there is an equal number of males and females in each group
Because it can be used to stimulate specific brain regions without surgery or anesthesia, ______________ may prove to be a valuable technological tool for treating depression, and potentially, other psychological disorders
FIll in the blank with correct word.
What does most research conducted by trait theorists document?
A) Personality develops in a series of orderly stages. B) Personality structure is very stable across adulthood and shows no change. C) Because neuroticism scores increase during midlife, there must be a midlife crisis that occurs during this stage of life. D) Although there is stability in personality structure over time, there may be times of our life when we show some modest changes as well.