According to the Yerkes-Dodson law, memory is worse at __________
a. low levels of emotional intensity
b. high levels of emotional intensity
c. low and high levels of emotional intensity
d. moderate levels of emotional intensity
Answer: c
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b. both other men and women. c. women but not other men. d. neither other men nor women.
Oxytocin plays a broad role in regulating many behaviors generally involved in happiness, including pregnancy, parenthood, sexual activity, social bonding, trust, and the reduction of stress reactions, and is released by the __________ gland
a. pituitary b. pineal c. thyroid d. adrenal
One doctor tells you that you have a 10 percent chance of dying during the surgery, while another doctor tells you that you have a 90 percent chance of survival if you have the surgery. Understanding that you have the same survival odds means that you have not succumbed to
a. framing. b. the underlying base rate. c. the representativeness heuristic. d. functional fixedness.
The sentences "The dog bit the boy" and "The boy was bit by the dog" have the same meaning, but differ in:
a) syntax. b) deep structure. c) semantics. d) morphology.