While visiting a zoo, five-month-old Simba is frightened by a roaring lion and starts to cry. By the time Simba is one year old, he appears to have forgotten this event and actually enjoys movies with lions. Based on memory research, how might you get Simba to exhibit the original fear response?
a. Show him a picture of a lion.
b. Bring him back to the zoo.
c. Have one of his brothers roar like a lion.
d. There is nothing you can do to generate the pervious reaction.
Question 2Because he is a cognitive therapist, Dr. Spence is most likely to suggest that the underlying cause of depression involves
a. an unconscious battle between the id and superego.
b. an imbalance of neurotransmitters.
c. a past life that includes too few rewards.
d. a thought process that focuses only on negative memories.
Question 3Based on statistics, which of these 30-year-old adults is most likely to die within a year?
a. Buster, a European-American male
b. Tamarick, an African-American male
c. John, an Asian-American male
d. Nik, a Native-American male
Question 4Memory research suggests that
a. at three months, infants start to successfully remember events that occurred several days before.
b. infants seldom forget past events over time.
c. reminders do not enhance infant memory.
d. at six months, infants start to successfully remember events that occurred several days before.
Question 5While being treated for depression, 70-year-old Ian is encouraged to avoid situations that lead to negative consequences and to reward himself when something good happens to him. Ian appears to be being treated by a ____ therapist.
a. cognitive
b. behavioral
c. psychoanalytic
d. biomedical
Question 6Kofi, a 27-year-old male living in the United States, recently died. What was the most likely cause of Kofi's death?
a. Cardiovascular disease
b. Homicide
c. Cancer
d. An accident