Alexis, a 6-year old, really wants to eat a cookie out of the cookie jar. However, she remembers how mad her mother got at her when she ate a cookie right before dinner last week and she starts to feel anxiety. In the end, Alexis decides not to eat the cookie because she knows it is wrong. This is an example of

a. anxiety conditioning.
b. operant conditioning.
c. reward conditioning.
d. avoidance conditioning.

d

Psychology

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a. Males are more genetically resistant to pain than females b. Men are less affected by stress than women c. Females are more likely to be affected by Tourette's syndrome d. Males are more susceptible to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Psychology

Persons who are housebound because they fear that something extremely embarrassing will happen if they leave the security of their homes suffer from the anxiety disorder known as agoraphobia

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology