The fire alarm has gone off so many times in their new school that Susannah and Tia don't even flinch anymore when they hear it. They even remained in the school library during a fire drill because they assumed it was another malfunction. Their failure to respond like they once did to the fire alarm shows the process of a. acquisition. b. discrimination. c. accommodation. d. extinction. e. assimilation.

In an experiment by Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer, participants labeled their arousal as joyous or irritable, depending on the people they were with. The experiment established that emotions are not only physiological but are also a. psycho-dynamic. b. humanistic c. biological. d. cognitive. e. behavioral.

As a patient experiences an anxiety attack, he may experience a series of changes that are coordinated by the sympathetic nervous system. Which one of the following would the patient experience? a. Decreased heart rate. b. Slower breathing. c. Decreased salivation. d. Constricted pupils. e. Increased rate of digestion.

John Watson's development of the concept of behaviorism was influence most strongly by the work of a. Wilhelm Wundt. b. the Gestalt psychologists. c. John Locke. d. B.F Skinner. e. Ivan Pavlov.

Martin Seligman developed the concept of learned helplessness, the tendency of organisms to give up in situations in which they feel their efforts make no difference. This concept is closely linked to which of the following psychological disorders? a. Agoraphobia. b. Schizophrenia. c. Depression. d. Generalized anxiety disorder. e. Histrionic personality disorder.

The stage of sleep in which an EEG would detect the bursts of rhythmic activity known as sleep spindles is called a. REM sleep. b NREM-1. c. NREM-2. d. NREM-3. e. hypnagogic sleep.

Explain what systematic desensitization is, then describe the two major components of the therapy.

A researcher finds a difference between an experimental group and a control group that is less likely due to chance and more likely due to the manipulation of the independent variable. This finding then is most likely lo be a. a replication. b statistically significant. c. below the margin of error. d. reliable, but not valid. e. valid, but not reliable.

Systematic desensitization would most likely be used as a treatment for which of the following disorders? a. Arachnophobia b. Schizophrenia c. Bipolar disorder. Hypochondriasis e. Tardive dyskinesia

A police officer questions a child who was an eyewitness to a crime. The officer is most likely to get accurate information if she: a. first tells the child all about the crime the way she thinks it unfolded. b. uses neutral, age appropriate words and is the first to interview the child. c. uses neutral, age appropriate words and is the last to interview the child. d. uses suggestive techniques to get the story from the child. e. tells the child a story about a similar crime to get the child thinking about possibly similar details.

Hans Selye argued that our bodies produce a similar reaction to all kind of stress, and the longer this response continues, the more exhausted we become. e named this process a. the opponent-process theory. b. systematic disensitization. c. the general adaptation syndrome. d. the global assessment of functioning. e. triarhic intelligence.

In Stanley Milgram's experiments on obedience, he discovered that participants were less obedient when a. the erson giving the orders was close at hand and was perceived to be a legitimate authority figure. b. the authority figure was support by a prestigious institution. c. the victim was depersonalized or at a distance. d. Milgram dissociated his experiments from Yale University e. there were no role models for defiance.

Which emotion theory places the greatest emphasis on physiological changes happening first, which are then followed by an experience of an emotion? a. Schachter-Singer theory. b. James-Lange theory. c. Cannon-Bard theory. d. Arousal theory e. Incentive theory.

Damage to which of the following brain areas would create the most difficulty in interpreting feelings of heat and cold? a. Motor cortex. b. Sensory cortex. c. Frontal lobe d. Temporal lobe. e. Occipital lobe.