Gina Is So Fearful of Taking Tests for College Courses

question 161

Multiple Choice

Gina is so fearful of taking tests for college courses that she experiences mild anxiety when registering for a course,intense anxiety when studying for a test,and extreme anxiety when answering actual test questions.Her greatest fear,however,is experienced while waiting for a professor to hand out tests.During the process of systematically desensitizing her test anxiety,the therapist is likely to ask Gina first to imagine

• A) answering questions on a college test.
• B) waiting for a professor to hand out tests.
• C) studying for a test.
• D) registering for a college course.

Identify the significance of extraneous variables and methods to control or account for their influence in experiments.

Understand the impact of the placebo effect and its implications for interpreting research findings.

Grasp the basics and limitations of various brain-imaging techniques and their role in psychology.

Recognize the importance of informed consent and the right to withdraw in psychology research.

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Definitions:

Income Effect

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Marginal Satisfaction

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Utility-Maximizing

The economic principle that consumers choose combinations of goods and services to maximize their satisfaction or utility under budget constraints.

Economic Theory

A set of principles and models that explain how economic agents interact and how economies function.