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predictable; uncontrollable; unpredictable Question 2: Evidence suggests that neurotic symptoms are more likely to develop when the traumatic event occurs in an environment that the animal (or person) generally regards as ____
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safe Question 3: Punishment of an inappropriate behavior ____ directly strengthen the occurrence of an appropriate behavior. It might even result in a general ____ of behavior
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will not; suppression
Question 4: A ____ of a time-out procedure is that one ____ have to clearly identify a specific reinforcer before implementing the procedure. A(n) ____ of a response cost procedure is that one ____ easily modify the severity of the punishment to suit the behavior
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advantage; does not; advantage; can Question 5: The original experiments on learned ____ revealed that dogs that had first been exposed to inescapable shock had ____ learning an escape response when later exposed to ____ shock
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helplessness; difficulty; escapable
Question 6: generalized (or generalized secondary) punisher
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An event that has become punishing because it has in the past been associated with many other punishers Question 7: When Bobbi threw a temper tantrum, her mother turned off the television program that Bobbi was watching. Bobbi's mother is applying a ____ procedure
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response cost Question 8: Behavior that terminates an aversive stimulus is called ____ behavior, whereas behavior that prevents an aversive stimulus from occurring is called ____ behavior
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escape; avoidance Question 9: However, according to the ____ hypothesis, avoidance responses usually occur so ____ that exposure to the ____ are too ____ for ____ to take place
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anxiety conservation; quickly; CS; brief; extinction Question 10: Learned helplessness may account for various difficulties in humans, including the clinical disorder known as ____
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depression
Question 11: According to the punishment version of the Premack principle, the occurrence of a ____ behavior can be used to punish the occurrence of a ____ behavior.
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low probability; high probability Question 12: Val's mother used to play with Val whenever she whined but then stopped doing so. As a result, Val's whining soon ceased. This is an example of ____
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extinction
Question 13: intrinsic punishment
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Punishment that is an inherent aspect of the behavior being punished Question 14: Yelling at your dog for chewing your slippers might also teach your dog not to chew the slippers only when
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you are present Question 15: It seemed as though these dogs had learned that there ____ a contingency between their behavior and the offset of shock
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is not
Question 16: extrinsic punishment
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Punishment that is not an inherent aspect of the behavior being punished bu that simply follows the behavior Question 17: Punishment, especially ____ punishment, can often elicit a strong ____ reaction.This reaction might include ____ that, if not directed toward the punisher, might be directed toward a substitute target
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positive; emotional; aggression
Question 18: Typically, one first learns to ____ from an aversive stimulus, and then to ____ it
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escape; avoid Question 19: People with OCD are usually ____ to recall a particular conditioning event that was the cause of the obsessional anxiety response. The disorder often arises, however, during times of ____. This suggests the process of ____ may exacerbate normal concerns
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unable; stress; selective sensitization Question 20: If the frequency of a behavior decreases because performing the behavior leads to the removal of something, the process involved is ____
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negative punishment Question 21: In general, when implementing a punishment procedure, one should begin with a punisher of sufficient ____ to ____ the behavior
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intensity; suppress (or stop) Question 22: According to the conditioned suppression theory of punishment, the application of punishment does not directly ____ a behavior; instead, it produces an ____ reaction that tends to interfere with ongoing behavior
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weaken; emotional Question 23: The persistent thoughts about the alarm clock not being set are classified as a(n) ____ while the frequent checking of the alarm clock is classified as a(n) ____
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obsession; compulsion Question 24: ERP is similar to systematic desensitization in that exposure to the anxiety-provoking event is usually ____. It is similar to flooding therapy in that the exposure to the anxiety-provoking event is ____
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gradual; prolonged