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Which belief illustrates situational attribution?
When a vehicle suddenly moves in front of another car, the driver must
have had an emergency.
Which type of therapy is based on the belief that an individual's
interpretation of events is what causes unhappiness, rather than
unhappiness being caused by the actual events?
Rational-emotive therapy
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance
from chemicals called neurotransmitters. What is the function of the
neurotransmitter serotonin?
It affects mood.
A firefighter hears the station alarm each time a fire is reported. Later,
while fighting the fire, the firefighter's heart is racing. According to
Pavlov, which learned association is most likely to develop in this
scenario?
The firefighter learns to react emotionally in a similar way to the alarm
as to the fire.
Which component of the nervous system is integral in activating the
body's fight-or-flight response?
Sympathetic nervous system
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According to Freud, which concept is a component of the id?
Pleasure principle
During a college's spirit week, students are arbitrarily assigned to two
teams for a series of competitive activities. Two friends are placed on
separate teams and find their friendship strains during the competition.
Which phenomenon accounts for this strain?
Outgroup bias
Researcher Abraham Maslow claims that people strive to satisfy certain
needs as they approach self-actualization. Which perspective is most
closely associated with this view?
Humanistic
Loto has been approached by a member of his social club to volunteer
one day a week at the local food bank, a charity that the club has
decided to support. Loto is busy with his home and family but realizes
that helping will increase his feelings of giving to the community and
enhance how members of the club may view him. He decides to make
the time in his schedule for this volunteer effort. What is this an
example of, in terms of altruism?
Social exchange theory
Which disorder is classified as an anxiety disorder?
Social phobia
Which part of the brain is responsible for memory?
Hippocampus
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What does the hippocampus influence?
Memory
A child's parents want to teach their child to use the toilet by using
positive reinforcement. Which schedule of positive reinforcement would
be most helpful to parents wanting to achieve rapid learning?
The parents should use a continuous reinforcement schedule because
it can produce rapid learning.
Franco has been away from his hometown in Italy for more than 30
years, but he can still paint it from memory with impressive accuracy.
Which memory is Franco using?
Long-term memory
A farmer drives a truck full of feed for cattle into a field. The farmer
honks the horn when driving into the field. On the third day, the farmer
drives into the field and honks the horn, and the cattle start moving
toward the truck. Which theorist is associated with studying this type of
behavior?
Ivan Pavlov
What did Carl Rogers say was necessary for a growth-promoting
environment?
Unconditional positive regard
Which therapeutic approach is effectively a laboratory for improving
social relationships?
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Which belief illustrates situational attribution?
When a vehicle suddenly moves in front of another car, the driver must
have had an emergency.
Which type of therapy is based on the belief that an individual's
interpretation of events is what causes unhappiness, rather than
unhappiness being caused by the actual events?
Rational-emotive therapy
Neural impulses are able to travel the neural pathways with assistance
from chemicals called neurotransmitters. What is the function of the
neurotransmitter serotonin?
It affects mood.
A firefighter hears the station alarm each time a fire is reported. Later,
while fighting the fire, the firefighter's heart is racing. According to
Pavlov, which learned association is most likely to develop in this
scenario?
The firefighter learns to react emotionally in a similar way to the alarm
as to the fire.
Which component of the nervous system is integral in activating the
body's fight-or-flight response?
Sympathetic nervous system
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According to Freud, which concept is a component of the id?
Pleasure principle
During a college's spirit week, students are arbitrarily assigned to two
teams for a series of competitive activities. Two friends are placed on
separate teams and find their friendship strains during the competition.
Which phenomenon accounts for this strain?
Outgroup bias
Researcher Abraham Maslow claims that people strive to satisfy certain
needs as they approach self-actualization. Which perspective is most
closely associated with this view?
Humanistic
Loto has been approached by a member of his social club to volunteer
one day a week at the local food bank, a charity that the club has
decided to support. Loto is busy with his home and family but realizes
that helping will increase his feelings of giving to the community and
enhance how members of the club may view him. He decides to make
the time in his schedule for this volunteer effort. What is this an
example of, in terms of altruism?
Social exchange theory
Which disorder is classified as an anxiety disorder?
Social phobia
Which part of the brain is responsible for memory?
Hippocampus
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What does the hippocampus influence?
Memory
A child's parents want to teach their child to use the toilet by using
positive reinforcement. Which schedule of positive reinforcement would
be most helpful to parents wanting to achieve rapid learning?
The parents should use a continuous reinforcement schedule because
it can produce rapid learning.
Franco has been away from his hometown in Italy for more than 30
years, but he can still paint it from memory with impressive accuracy.
Which memory is Franco using?
Long-term memory
A farmer drives a truck full of feed for cattle into a field. The farmer
honks the horn when driving into the field. On the third day, the farmer
drives into the field and honks the horn, and the cattle start moving
toward the truck. Which theorist is associated with studying this type of
behavior?
Ivan Pavlov
What did Carl Rogers say was necessary for a growth-promoting
environment?
Unconditional positive regard
Which therapeutic approach is effectively a laboratory for improving
social relationships?
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