A persistent, irrational fear of a particular object or situation is classified as __________.
▸ generalized anxiety
▸ a social phobia
▸ a specific phobia
▸ bipolar disorder
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Many people hang up on telemarketers, but others will listen politely to their pitches even if they are not interested in the product. Telemarketers know that anyone who agrees to listen to a pitch is more likely to buy the product, thanks to the __________.
▸ risky shift
▸ polarization
▸ foot-in-the-door tactic
▸ door-in-the-face technique
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People who appraise stressors as a(n) __________ often experience poorer coping outcomes compared to people who appraise the same stressor as a(n) __________.
▸ challenge; threat
▸ nuisance; annoyance
▸ threat; challenge
▸ annoyance; nuisance
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Maslow's deficiency needs, those needs that are characterized by lacking something, include physiological, safety, belongingness, and __________.
▸ self-actualization
▸ self-transcendence
▸ esteem
▸ economic needs
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Which statement illustrates fixation?
▸ Trenton, sure he is using the correct formula, tries a new approach to analyze a set of data.
▸ Michelle is using an updated version of a computer-automated design program to arrange the furniture for a new client.
▸ Pierre did not hang his poster because he didn't have a hammer and he didn't consider using another object (e.g., a brick) to drive the nail into the wall.
▸ Noelle has exhausted her culinary knowledge for how to fix a recipe and retreats to the Internet to find a solution.
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The tendency for motor skills to emerge in sequence from inside to outside is referred to as the __________.
▸ cephalocaudal rule
▸ muscle maturation rule
▸ proximodistal rule
▸ internal to external rule
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Bethany shouts out the password for her email so her friend Jessica can log on to find an email address. Jessica holds the password in her memory just long enough to get signed in. Jessica is using the __________ to hold this information in memory.
▸ visuospatial sketchpad
▸ central executive
▸ sensory memory
▸ phonological loop
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__________ provided a deeper understanding of reinforcement through studying the concept of schedules of reinforcement.
▸ John Watson
▸ Ivan Pavlov
▸ Sigmund Freud
▸ B. F. Skinner
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As Moises took a picture, he adjusted the focus on his camera so the trees in the distance were very clear. He likened this process to the ___________ of the eye, which also brings things into focus.
▸ lens
▸ fovea
▸ retina
▸ cornea
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What is the function of the myelin sheath in the nervous system?
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