Downing five or more drinks in a short time is referred to as
a. addictive behavior.
b. binge drinking.
c. alcohol-seeking behavior.
d. social-situational drug-taking behavior.
B
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Which statement best summarizes what researchers have found about the changes in frequencies of male and female dream characters at different age levels?
A. The adult pattern of frequencies of dream characters does not emerge until the teenage years. B. The pattern changes for males as they pass through the Oedipus complex. C. The frequencies of male and female characters completely reverse for both males and females as they age from childhood to adulthood. D. The pattern found in adult males and females is also found in samples of children of various ages.
Reggie rarely gets enough stage 3 and 4 sleep because his roommates stay up late partying most nights of the week. It is likely that Reggie will:
A) experience an increase in daydreaming. B) become aggressive when faced with minor stressors. C) experience fatigue during the day. D) experience narcolepsy during the day.
A police department decides to develop "community watch" groups in some neighborhoods in order to reduce the crime rate. A psychologist is called in to assist the police department in designing and critiquing this innovation. How would we best label this psychologist's role?
A. policy evaluator B. advocate C. basic scientist D. pure scientist
The process by which active photoreceptors and horizontal cells limit the activity of neighboring, less active cells is known as ________ inhibition.
A. lateral B. proximal C. rostral D. caudal