When Behavior Involves Doing Dangerous Things Just for the Thrill

question 46

Multiple Choice

When behavior involves doing dangerous things just for the thrill of it, it may represent

• A) an attempt to deny fear or anxiety about death.
• B) efforts to overcome childhood guilt.
• C) distorted thinking.
• D) a reaction to overly strict parenting.

Understand the application of psychological research in real-world settings.

Understand the components and calculation of bond prices including invoice price, clean price, and yield to maturity.

Analyze the effect of changing yield rates on bond prices over different maturity periods.

Calculate the market price of bonds given various coupon rates, face values, yields, and maturity dates.

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Definitions:

Social-cognitive Learning

Learning through observing others’ behaviors, attitudes, and outcomes of those behaviors, emphasizing the importance of cognitive processes.

Prepared Classical Conditioning

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Snakes

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School

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