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Over 75% of respondents said that if they had it to do over again, they would not have children. The columnist concludes that most parents are sorry that they had children. For which of the following reasons is her conclusion not valid?", "model_answer": "D", "correct_answer": 3, "is_correct": true, "response_time": 28.884642124176025 }, { "question": "Hypnosis has been used effectively to diminish", "model_answer": "B.", "correct_answer": 1, "is_correct": true, "response_time": 28.884731769561768 }, { "question": "Every time you buy ice cream from the Yellow Brick Road ice cream parlor, you get your over-the-rainbow card stamped. Once you purchase ten items, you get your next item free. The Yellow Brick Road ice cream parlor has you on which of the following reinforcement schedules?", "model_answer": "C", "correct_answer": 2, "is_correct": true, "response_time": 27.62444019317627 }, { "question": "Donia was soaked by an unexpected cloudburst while walking to her car from the office. 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He thinks that no woman will ever love him again. His therapist points out to Stephen that his thinking is irrational and faulty. Which of the following therapies is the therapist employing?", "model_answer": "D", "correct_answer": 3, "is_correct": true, "response_time": 27.626474380493164 }, { "question": "A classically conditioned response can best be eliminated by presentation of", "model_answer": "B", "correct_answer": 1, "is_correct": true, "response_time": 27.626566171646118 }, { "question": "The focus of structuralists most closely matches the current perspective of", "model_answer": "C.", "correct_answer": 2, "is_correct": true, "response_time": 27.626655340194702 }, { "question": "Curtis stares at an image of a yellow star for a full minute. 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Her symptoms are characteristic of which of the following?", "model_answer": "C.", "correct_answer": 2, "is_correct": true, "response_time": 23.361250162124634 }, { "question": "In the three-box information processing model, what is the first place memories are stored?", "model_answer": "D.", "correct_answer": 3, "is_correct": true, "response_time": 23.361345052719116 }, { "question": "What kind of personality theorist would be most interested in the results of the MMPI?", "model_answer": "D", "correct_answer": 3, "is_correct": true, "response_time": 23.361436128616333 }, { "question": "Which neurotransmitter is most closely associated with both Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia?", "model_answer": "B", "correct_answer": 1, "is_correct": true, "response_time": 23.361525058746338 }, { "question": "What kinds of factors are ignored or de-emphasized when people commit the fundamental attribution error?", "model_answer": "B.", "correct_answer": 1, "is_correct": true, "response_time": 23.361614227294922 }, { "question": "Anorexia nervosa is a life-threatening illness that can lead to permanent physiological changes (such as brittle bones) and even death. 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