When researchers estimate average healthy life expectancy, __________ ranks first

If you seek counseling help from a cognitive therapist, you would expect him or her to

a. provide aversive conditioning to produce bad habits. b. provide a non-threatening setting for the expression of unconscious thoughts. c. help you to change inappropriate patterns of thought. d. overcome fixations that occurred at earlier stages of development.

By playing violent videogames and watching TV programs in which his superheroes fight the villains, Anton is likely to experience

a. a desensitization to violence. b. an inhibition to violence. c. a catharsis of pent-up aggressive urges. d. increased empathy for the victims of violence.