If you need something to stir your soup and you overlook the possibility of using a paintbrush, what tendency have you demonstrated?
a. Overlooking base-rate information
b. Maximizing strategy
c. Framing effect
d. Functional fixedness
d
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a. schizophrenia. b. Down syndrome. c. Parkinson's disease. d. Korsakoff's syndrome.
Amniocentesis is encouraged for
a. women over the age of 25. b. women carrying the children of aging fathers. c. women, or their partners, who have family histories of monozygotic or dizygotic twins. d. women who are carrying their first pregnancy.
Children who are rejected by their peers generally form two subgroups: a subgroup that is aggressive and a subgroup that is __________________
a. disruptive of other children’s play b. prone to bullying behavior c. friendly but disliked d. socially withdrawn
Tommy's parents used extinction to decrease his behavior of crying when he had to eat vegetables by making him eat them despite his crying. When Tommy is going to be with his grandparents or a babysitter, his parents tell them to make sure Tommy eats his vegetables even if he cries. Which consideration in the use of extinction is being addressed?
a. eliminating a reinforcer b. maintaining consistency c. whether it is safe to use extinction d. ability to tolerate an extinction burst