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Schachter and Singer proposed that two things have to happen before emotion occurs: ____________________________ and ____________________________.  

When the teacher was handing out this test, you noticed that your respiration rate and heartbeat increased, your palms got sweaty, and your hand shook a little.  Your pretest behaviors were triggered by the ____________________________ nervous system.  Upon completion of the exam, your body returned to its normal state by way of the ____________________________ nervous system. 

Many psychological professionals today take a(n) _________________________ view of psychotherapy, in which they combine techniques from different theoretical models. 

Social ____________________________ theory emphasizes learning through observation and imitation of models in the process of gender-role development.

According to fMRI images taken when both men and women were shown erotic images, researchers found that the amygdala and hypothalamus areas of the limbic system were ____________________________.

Unlike other schedules of reinforcement, _________________________ results in a “scalloped” pattern of responses on a cumulative frequency graph.

Which of the following is a projective test?

In Zimbardo’s prison study, male college students agreed to participate in a 2-week experiment to discover what would happen when they took on the roles of prisoners ad guards.  After the prisoners staged a revolt, the researchers found that ___________________________. 

A dissociative state that involves sudden travel from home, sometimes taking on a new identity in the new place, and amnesia regarding the trip and one’s actual personal information is called _________________________. 

A technique for treating phobias and other stress disorders in which the person is suddenly exposed to the fear-provoking situation or object in an intense way and is preventing from making the usual avoidance or escape response is called _________________________.