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lunatika

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In research reported in the text, African American children adopted by upper middle-class White American families
 
  a. scored the same on IQ tests as African American children raised by their biological parents.
  b. scored the same on IQ tests as African American children adopted by African American families.
  c. scored 15 points higher on IQ tests than would be expected of African American children in general. d. scored 15 points higher on IQ tests than White children adopted by African American families.
  e. failed to maintain childhood gains on IQ test scores during adulthood.

Question 2

Regarding behavioral therapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?
 
  a. Aversive conditioning uses principles of operant conditioning to help people extinguish undesirable behaviors. b. Gradual exposure can help people overcome specific phobias, social phobias, and post-traumatic stressdisorder.
 c. Behavior therapy is also referred to as behavior modification.
  d. In systematic desensitization, the goal is to use relaxation as an incompatible response to fear in order to weaken the bonds between the frightening stimuli and the fear response.
  e. Since behavior therapy is focused on directly changing problem behaviors, it tends to be relatively brief compared to other forms of therapy.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a



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