Developing a fear of entering unfamiliar situation is known as

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Question 1 of 5

Developing a fear of entering unfamiliar situation is known as

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by a fear of entering unfamiliar situations or places where escape might be difficult, often triggered by past panic attacks. Panic disorder involves sudden panic attacks, compulsive disorder (OCD) focuses on obsessions and compulsions, and conversion disorder involves physical symptoms without medical cause, making agoraphobia the correct fit.

Question 2 of 5

Anorexia nervosa is a kind of

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 3 of 5

Which one of the following statements concerning plasticity of the brain is accurate?

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Children's brains exhibit both developmental plasticity (changes during growth) and adaptive plasticity (adjustments to experience or injury), making C correct. A excludes adaptive plasticity in children, B incorrectly limits adaptive plasticity to older adults, and D inaccurately attributes developmental plasticity (which occurs early in life) to older adults.

Question 4 of 5

Deefer's action when visiting the aunt is an example of

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Deefer generalizes the behavior (rolling over) to a similar stimulus (the aunt's house), demonstrating stimulus generalisation (B). Response generalisation (A) involves varying behaviors, response discrimination (C) distinguishes behaviors, and stimulus discrimination (D) differentiates stimuli, none of which fit here.

Question 5 of 5

What was the teacher using to encourage her students to read?

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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