Which of the Following Has Contributed to the Questionable Scientific

question 107

Multiple Choice

Which of the following has contributed to the questionable scientific status of the category dissociative identity disorder?

• A) Low prevalence rates of the disorder
• B) The violent nature of persons with the disorder
• C) Its restriction to the American culture
• D) The lack of empirical quantitative investigations

Recognize conditioned responses (CR) and unconditioned responses (UR) in various conditioning scenarios.

Describe the process by which neutral stimuli become conditioned stimuli.

Explain the processes of acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, and generalization in classical conditioning.

Apply principles of classical conditioning to real-life situations and experimental examples.

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Definitions:

Critical Thinking

The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment.

Principle of Falsifiability

A criterion for scientific inquiry, asserting that for a hypothesis to be considered scientific, it must be inherently disprovable.

Counterevidence

Information or data that contradicts or disproves a claim, theory, or hypothesis.

Theories

Systematic sets of ideas or principles that explain phenomena and are supported by evidence.