Author Question: Jeff wants to understand the impact of terror on one's ability to maintain cognitive flexibility. Of ... (Read 58 times)

nmorano1 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Jeff wants to understand the impact of terror on one's ability to maintain cognitive flexibility. Of course, he cannot randomly assign some people to be terrorized. To simulate terror, Jeff has participants in the terror condition imagine their own death in a great deal of detail. Jeff is conducting a(n) experiment.

a. natural
b. single-subject
c. longitudinal
d. analogue

Question 2

Pam's son is a college student and an alcoholic. He still lives at home, and she often cleans up messes that occur when he is binge drinking. Even though she wishes desperately he was not an alcoholic, she still feels like she somehow contributes to it. She tries to help him complete his assignments in school, even though they are really his responsibility, because she doesn't want to see him fail. What family factor discussed in your text is at work in this situation?

a. Impulsivity
b. Family members also have substance use disorders
c. Codependency
d. Parent psychopathology