Cognitive Scripts Are _____ Behavioral Patterns for Certain Situations That

question 7

Multiple Choice

Cognitive scripts are _____ behavioral patterns for certain situations that are _____ to change.

• A) available; relatively easy
• B) persistent; resistant
• C) innate; impossible
• D) aggressive; relatively easy
• E) simple; impossible

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Definitions:

Experimental Group

The participants in an experiment who receive the drug or other treatment under study—that is, those who are exposed to the change that the independent variable represents.

Placebo Effect

A phenomenon in which a person experiences a physiological or psychological improvement after being given a treatment with no therapeutic value.

Anxiety Disorder

A category of mental health diagnoses that lead to excessive nervousness, fear, apprehension, and worry.

Independent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is manipulated to see if it causes an effect on some other variable.