A subject responding to a second stimulus similar to the original CS is an example of generalization.

A child saying “Daddy” only to his father is an example of discrimination.

In classical conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus elicits an automatic response.

Individuals who believe that no matter what they do their actions make no difference are exhibiting learned helplessness.

A test designed to measure management ability is found to be a very bad predictor of how well an individual will function as a manager. This test is said to be valid.

When an algebra teacher gives a test to her class to measure how much algebra her students have learned, she is giving an achievement test.

A test has 20 questions. The first 10 are scored separately from the second 10. The two scores are approximately equal. This is one indication that the test is reliable. This is called split-half reliability.

A test that is administered twice to the same person with very different results can be called reliable.

If two teachers grade the same test and assign the same score, the test is said to have inter-scorer reliability.

According to Sigmund Freud, the part of the psyche that stops a person from stealing is the superego.

Self-centered does not describe the self-actualizing individual.

Freud was the first modern psychologist to suggest that every personality has a large unconscious component.

According to Carl Rogers, every person has which two parts: the person and self.

B.F. Skinner's approach to personality is based on behaviorism.

Abraham Maslow defined a self-actualized person.

Which of the following are terms used by Carl Rogers?

Toleration for delay does NOT characterize Type A people.

Nils, watching a gruesome horror film, protects himself from feeling stress by blocking out the feelings associated with the scenes. This is an example of the coping strategy called intellectualization.

The sequence of the general adaptation syndrome is alarm, resistance, exhaustion.

When a person feels very anxious and cannot stop thinking about something even though it is unpleasant, he or she suffers from an obsession.

An extreme fear of being in a public place is called agoraphobia.

A person with a bipolar disorder experiences alternating periods of frantic action and deep despair.

People who strive for self-actualization strive to express their individuality and maximize their potential.

A phobia is characterized by fear of a particular object or situation.

Rational-emotive therapy is based on the belief that emotional problems arise when an individual's assumptions are unrealistic.

Which of the following statements concerning psychotherapy is NOT true?

The following is NOT part of Albert Ellis's explanation of behavior: