Behavior that causes distress or discomfort, or that interfereswith someone's ability to lead

a satisfying and productive life is called __________ behavior.

Fill in the blanks with correct word


maladaptive

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When 3-year-old Caitlin is asked what she did at preschool that day, she says "You know. You were there.". This type of one-dimensional thinking is called

a. transductive reasoning. b. egocentrism. c. artificialism. d. cognitive flexibility.

Psychology

Mannes and Kintsch (1987) gave to one group of students well organized outlines of material for which they would be tested, but a second group was given a disorganized outline. They found that:

a. there were no differences in recall of the material. b. the group given organized outlines did better on a recall test than the group that received the disorganized outlines. c. the group given disorganized outlines did better on a recall test than the group that received the organized outlines. d. the group given organized outlines did better on a recall test but the group that received the disorganized outlines did better on a recognition test.

Psychology

Terrell has been a light smoker for 20 years. If he quits smoking, his mortality risk will

A) ?return to that of a nonsmoker in about two years. B) ?return to that of a nonsmoker in about 16 years. C) ?continue to match that of a moderate to heavy smoker. D) ?become greater than that of a moderate to heavy smoker.

Psychology

In the context of memory retrieval, ________ is described as a process in which people remember better when they attempt to recall information in the same circumstances in which they learned it.

A. context-dependent memory B. parallel processing C. proactive interference D. the serial position effect

Psychology