Besides the nervous system, what system also plays a major role in shaping and controlling behavior and mental processes?
a) gustatory
b) endocrine
c) vestibular
d) circulatory
ANS: b
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According to the Stroop effect, which of the following is difficult?
a. It is difficult to perform two complex tasks at the same time b. It is difficult to choose a larger reward later instead of a smaller reward immediately. c. It is difficult to notice something that changes in a scene, if it changes slowly. d. It is difficult to look at certain words written in color and name the color of ink.
The value of the virtue of competence (or self-efficacy) has been shown by research findings that indicate . . .
a. Competent adults have more intimate friends than incompetent adults b. Elderly adults who score high on self-efficacy are less bothered by daily hassles c. Both of the above d. Neither of the above
A researcher is interested in whether high school students who play sports have a higher or lower body mass index (BMI) than students in the general population. The researcher is unsure whether playing sports will decrease body mass (due to more calories burned) or increase body mass (due to more muscle mass). He compares their average BMI to that of students in the general population and finds
that zobt = +1.92 . This is a _____ test and the researcher should conclude _____. a. one-tailed; that students who are athletes have significantly higher BMIs. b. two-tailed; that students who are athletes have significantly higher BMIs. c. one-tailed: that students who are athletes do not have significantly higher BMIs. d. two-tailed: that students who are athletes do not have significantly higher BMIs.
What social threat to internal validity occurs when one group knows about the program another group is receiving and, because of that, develops a competitive attitude with the other group?
a. diffusion of treatment b. compensatory rivalry c. resentful demoralization d. compensatory equalization