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According to Boice, how might punishment be related to the tendency of procrastination among faculty members at a university? What treatment procedure did Boice use to help professors overcome their tendency to procrastinate?

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The famous psychoanalyst, Alfred Adler, was sickly as a small child but worked hard and overcame his weaknesses. Research on _____ suggests that later in life, Adler would have been less vulnerable to depression than a child who had never overcome adversity in childhood.

A) classical conditioning
B) learned helplessness
C) learned optimism
D) experimental neurosis

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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Dan hates doing his taxes. As a result, when the tax deadline is approaching, Dan seems to do everything but his taxes. He cleans his apartment, washes his car, takes on extra shifts at work, and even volunteers to organize a block party. With which theory of punishment is his behavior most consistent?

According to Mineka, there are limitations in the extent to which experimental demonstrations of avoidance are analogous to human phobias. For example, in an experimental demonstration of avoidance that involves a tone and an aversive air blast, the rat will likely require _________ conditioning trial. By comparison, a bee phobia in humans typically requires _________ conditioning trial.

Which of the following is likely to be a task involved in an exposure and response prevention treatment for a cleaning compulsion?

Describe the basic experimental procedure (with control group) that was first used to demonstrate learned helplessness in dogs. Describe the outcome that was observed as well.

Roberto was severely chastised by Ms. Veneka for asking inappropriate questions in class. Problems arising from this include the possibility that Roberto may:

The symptoms of experimental neurosis that Masserman discovered included:

Prior to Stampfl's experiment, which critical factor in phobic behavior patterns was absent in most experimental avoidance procedures ?

The two-process theory of avoidance is to _____ as the one-process theory is to _____.

In general, _____ punishment is preferable to _____ punishment.

Punishment is generally more effective when it is:

For children who are old enough to understand language, punishment should always be combined with a(n) _________.

According to Stampfl, what is a critical factor in the development and maintenance of phobic behavior?

Tom yells at his parrot whenever it squawks because the squawking bothers the neighbors in the next apartment. Why is this procedure less than ideal?

Juan usually gets candy at the store. Juan screams for more candy in the check-out lane of the grocery store.  In order to put an end to the screaming, his mom decides to not buy him candy when he is screaming.  His mom is attempting to use a(n) _____ procedure.

The second process in Mowrer's two-process theory of avoidance involves _____ in the form of _____.

Robert did not want to go to school one morning, and so pretended that he was ill. Sure enough, his mother fell for the trick and let him stay home that day. Thereafter, Robert often pretended that he was ill so that he did not have to go to school. Robert's tendency to pretend that he was ill was strengthened through the process of _________.

For Salima, who has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, checking the apartment door to make sure it is locked results in a(n) _____ in feelings of _____.

Outline two criticisms of Mowrer's two-process theory of avoidance.