As a child, Blaine was attacked by a goose and subsequently developed a severe fear of waterfowl. As he got older, the fear gradually faded until it was all but forgotten. Blaine is now in his early-twenties and recently went strolling through a park by the river where he came across a flock of geese. The geese gave him a stare and he felt slightly fearful, though not as afraid as he had been as a child. Blaine's fear response is an example of __________

A) stimulus discrimination.
B) stimulus generalization.
C) higher-order conditioning.
D) spontaneous recovery.

The refractory period occurs during which phase of the sexual response cycle?

A) Plateau.
B) Orgasm.
C) Resolution.
D) Excitement.

The spillover effect refers to the impact of lingering ________ on the intensity of any later emotional reactions.

A) subliminal stimulation
B) pupil contraction
C) physical arousal
D) facial expressions

When researcher Karen Wynn showed 4-month-old infants a numerically impossible outcome,the infants

A) stared longer at the outcome.
B) displayed rapid imprinting.
C) demonstrated an obvious lack of object permanence.
D) showed signs of formal operational reasoning.

Wei Dong was asked to memorize a long list of words that included ship,effort,professor,and inquire.He later recalled these words as boat,work,teacher,and question.This best illustrates the impact of

A) shallow processing.
B) the spacing effect.
C) implicit memory.
D) semantic processing.

In 2004, the only empirically supported treatment for borderline personality disorder was dialectical behaviour therapy.