As you may have guessed, there are no right or wrong answers to the essay questions in this practice test. That does not mean, however, that all essays are equally good. To get maximum learning benefit from the essay questions, do the following:

• Review each essay a day or two after you wrote it, noting any necessary corrections and any additional support for your points that you can think of.
• Review the section in your textbook that pertains to the topic of each essay. Annotate your essay with any corrections or additional support for your points that you find in the text.
• Spend a few minutes researching the topic of each essay on the Internet. Annotate your essay further with any additional (reliable) information you find.
• Finally, reread each essay with the annotations you have added.

1		Suppose you wanted to design an experiment to investigate how early in life people can acquire phobias. Your hypothesis is that phobias can be acquired in infancy. How would you design your experiment, and how would you address any ethical concerns the experiment would raise?
2		To what extent do you think children's behavior is influenced by the content of TV shows and movies they see? Does this influence extend to adults as well? How do the various models of learning presented in this chapter explain such influence? What kind of TV and movie content do you think people should see if their goal is to improve their behavior?
3		Describe one of your own behaviors that you would like to change. Based on what you have learned in this chapter, devise a program for behavioral change. What models or theories of learning is your program based on, to what extent do you believe it will be successful, and why?