A doctor diagnoses Javier with an infection and prescribes a medication to treat it. Among factors contributing to a placebo response, which of the following is more indicative of expectancy than of conditioning?

A) ?Javier has read that this medication eradicates the infection 100% of the time.
B) ?Javier has had same medication before and recovered from a similar infection.
C) ?Javier has had good medical experiences and associates treatment with success.
D) ?Javier has learned that taking prescribed medication is better than not taking it.

A

Psychology

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If I feel that children’s most effective learning comes from their actively trying to make sense of their experience, and that this process manifests itself in successively more sophisticated stages, I probably subscribe to which of the following theories of development?

A. nativism B. psychodynamic C. information processing D. cognitive-developmental

Psychology

After being seated at his favorite restaurant, Malik was torn between ordering a turkey sandwich and ordering a plate of lasagna. He loves both equally, and is struggling to make a choice. Malik is experiencing an avoidance-avoidance conflict

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Psychology