In studies of middle school students,which of the following instructional practices enhanced student academic achievement?

A) Criticism of students when they showed lack of motivation
B) Teachers' negative feedback to students about errors
C) Teachers' high expectations for their students' learning
D) Authoritarian classroom control

Skinner believed people are subjects who express

A) overt responses and nothing more.
B) sexual and aggressive conflicts.
C) future goals and aspirations.
D) lower and higher needs.

Unlike client-centered therapy, Gestalt therapy __________.

A) is directive in nature
B) assumes that people disown parts of themselves that might meet with social disapproval
C) assumes that people don social masks
D) helps clients arrive at their own decisions

Which of the following is NOT a type of constructive coping described in your text?

A) Appraisal-focused.
B) Emotion-focused.
C) Problem-focused.
D) Cognition-focused.

According to Maslow's research,which of the following statements is true of self-actualizers' imperfections?

A) They experience doubts and tension.
B) They can experience conflicts.
C) They can be rude and ruthless occasionally.
D) All of these are correct.

As you are walking to class one day,another student bumps into you.The last step in your processing of this touch stimulus is

A) interpreting sensory information from your body.
B) receiving sensory stimulation from the environment.
C) transforming stimulation into neural impulses.
D) delivering neural information to your brain.

Because Dr. Arias is a behavior therapist, which of the following would she be least interested in addressing when treating her patients?

A) past history
B) current circumstances
C) unconscious thoughts
D) overt behavior