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Question number: 1347
» Abnormal Psychology » Organic Disorders
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Persons who suffer from paraphilia are categorized as having
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | generalized anxiety. |
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| b. | phobic disorders. |
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| c. | sexual disorders. |
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| d. | personality disorders. |
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Question number: 1348
» Learning » Operant Conditioning
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What is meant by punishment?
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | Adding something unwanted when the subject is not doing the correct behavior and then stopping it when he or she displays the correct behavior |
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| b. | Anything that comes to represent a primary reinforcer |
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| c. | Taking away something unpleasant when the subject performs the correct behavior |
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| d. | An attempt to weaken a response by following it with something unpleasant |
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Question number: 1349
» Sensation & Perception » Sensory Adaptations » Hearing
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In which part of the brain does the final step required to convert vibrations into sound sensations takes place?
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | Outer ear |
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| b. | Middle ear |
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| c. | Cochlea |
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| d. | Auditory receptors |
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Question number: 1350
» Social Psychology » Attitudes & Attitude Change
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In Thurston’s method of attitude scaling, the key factor is the use of:
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | Positive and negative items |
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| b. | Reinforcement |
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| c. | Quantity |
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| d. | Numbers |
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Question number: 1351
» Developmental Psychology » Research Methods
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Developmental psychology is the study of
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| a. | the stages of life and the important tasks of each. |
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| b. | behvaioral disorders in life. |
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| c. | progressive changes in behavior and abilities from conception to death. |
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| d. | the role of maturation in the unfolding of human potential. |
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