What is entrainment and what neural mechanisms are responsible for it?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Entrainment—Interlocutors match body movements, breathing rates, and speech patterns; endogenous oscillators (neural circuits with regular firing rates) are thought to be responsible.

Psychology

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Aggarwal and O'Brien (2008) studied hundreds of college students and identified several keys to reducing social loafing. All of the following are examples of the strategies they suggest except

a. breaking down complex projects into smaller components. b. keeping groups small. c. selecting group members low in achievement motivation. d. using peer evaluations.

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The "when", "where", and "how much" we eat are influenced by three factors. Which of the following is not among the three factors cited in your textbook?

a. biological hunger factors c. genetic hunger factors b. psychosocial hunger factors d. cognitive hunger factors

Psychology

LSD is similar to which of the following drugs?

a) MDMA b) methadone c) PCP d) CHT

Psychology

Freud's psychosexual stages occur in the following order: 1 ) __________, 2 ) __________, 3 ) __________, 4 ) __________, 5 ) __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology