Author Question: In an example reported in your text, a man was trapped behind a refrigerator and nearly suffocated. ... (Read 53 times)

jayhills49 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

In an example reported in your text, a man was trapped behind a refrigerator and nearly suffocated. Subsequently, he has a phobia of tight, enclosed spaces and is afraid to ride on small, crowded elevators. However, he has no fear of large, uncrowded elevator rides. The man's fear of small elevators is an example of , and his lack of fear toward large elevators is an example of .

a. reconditioning; extinction
b. stimulus generalization; extinction
c. stimulus generalization; stimulus discrimination d. stimulus discrimination; extinction
e. stimulus discrimination; stimulus generalization

Question 2

Psychologist Walter Mischel emphasizes the importance of self-regulatory systems and plans, by which is meant _____.

a. our expectations about whether our efforts can achieve desired outcomes or whether outcomes are influenced by factors outside our control
b. our predictions regarding the outcomes of behaviors
c. our beliefs about our own abilities to perform tasks we set out to accomplish
d. our ability to plan courses of action to achieve our goals and to reward ourselves for accomplishing our goals e. our idealized sense of who and what we should be