Buford complains that he can play his tuba beautifully at home, but each time he tries to play at the local talent show, he sounds like a bull elk in rutting season. His problem is explained by
a. the Yerkes-Dodson Law.
b. the effects of homeostasis.
c. habituation.
d. biorhythms.
A
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Ego integrity involves:
a. making unconscious desires conscious. b. allowing the superego and the id to be more balanced. c. experiencing a sense of frustration with one's past. d. accepting one's place and one's past.
What is a major limitation of the case study method of research? a. The results cannot be generalized to a larger group of people. b. It is impossible to get informed consent from the subjects. c. Researchers cannot guarantee anonymity
d. They are the most costly of all research methods.
Research indicates that a child's temperament is related to how well he or she performs in school. Researchers explain this finding with each of the following reasons except one. Which one?
A. Temperament is related to intelligence. B. Teachers may be more willing to work with students of certain temperament. C. Some temperaments are more compatible with the requirements of the typical classroom than others. D. Teachers sometimes misinterpret temperamental differences in their students.
Which of these relationships would be investigated with a correlational
approach? (a) between parents' heights and children's heights (b) between the intensity of electrical shock and how many trials it takes an animal to avoid the place where the shock occurs (c) between the brightness of light and the size of the pupils of the person looking at the light (d) between the level of reward and the time it takes for an animal to learn a maze (e) between the delay of reward and the time it takes for an animal to learn a maze