Our sense of hearing brings us the sound of a C, an E, and a G played simultaneously on the piano, but we interpret the sound as a C-major chord due to the process of _______________
a. perception
b. sensation
c. specific nerve energy
d. functional encoding
Answer: a
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b. It occurs only in children with poor nutrition. c. It occurs only in people who move away from where they spent their childhood. d. It occurs in almost all people and even in mice and rats.
For which of the following would stare decisis serve as a guiding principle?
A. Social scientist B. Police officer C. Appellant D. Appellate judge
The technique for gaining compliance that involves getting agreement to a small request and then requesting increasingly larger favors is called
A. the foot in the door technique. B. the lowball technique. C. the door in the face strategy. D. the norm of reciprocity.
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a. a phobia b. negative conditioning c. habituation d. reinforcement failure