Which of the following did Descartes use as the foundation of his theory of knowledge?
a. essence is perception
b. I think therefore I exist
c. man is the measure of all things
d. to live is to believe
Answer: b. I think therefore I exist
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What would be evidence that a particular item on a test may be "biased"?
a. Most of the people who answer this item correctly do well on the rest of the test. b. A higher percentage of people answer this item correctly now than 20 years ago. c. The item is among the easiest for one group and among the hardest for another. d. More than half of all the people taking the test answered this item incorrectly.
Mr. Wizard introduces the children on his TV show to accessory structures of our sensory systems. He tells them these structures are responsible for ____.?
a. ?modifying physical energy from the outside world b. ?converting physical energy into neural activity c. ?carrying information from receptors to the brain d. ?interpreting physical energy in a meaningful way
Newborn babies respond with __________ to changes in body temperature
A) fear B) generalized distress C) generalized happiness D) surprise
Some people believe that if you are angry you should express your feelings, because getting the emotions "out" will help them to go away faster. According to the work of Ekman and Friesen, what do you know about this belief?
a. They found that expressing emotions seems to intensify, not diminish, how we feel them. b. They found that expression of anger only helps if the expression is aggressive. Healthy aggression, like pounding nails into a board or hitting a punching bag, is the best therapy for reducing anger. c. They found that expressing emotions simply spreads them to others, but does not intensify or diminish them for ourselves. d. They found that expressing anger does, in fact, help it to go away since it is no longer bottled up inside.