Which of the following are the two roots of psychology in general and the study of motivation in particular?

a. science and medicine
b. philosophy and physiology
c. science and psychiatry
d. philosophy and applied medicine


b

Psychology

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What term refers to the aspect of working memory that governs shifts of attention?

a. Availability heuristic b. Visuospatial sketchpad c. Phonological loop d. Executive function

Psychology

A 90-year-old woman kills herself rather than continue suffering with terminal bone cancer. A teenager commits suicide when his girlfriend breaks up with him and his parents are unconcerned. A religious fanatic kills himself to protest religious persecution. These examples of suicide suggest that ____

a. suicide cannot be studied in a scientific manner b. all suicide stems from mental disorder c. there are many different reasons for suicide d. suicide is basically a sociological phenomenon

Psychology

The two forms of reasoning in Sloman's dual process theory of reasoning are

a. associative reasoning and probabilistic reasoning. b. associative reasoning and rule-based reasoning. c. analogical reasoning and inductive reasoning. d. analogical reasoning and categorical reasoning.

Psychology

A measure of central tendency is used to

a. characterize or represent many observations. b. compare the differences in two sets of observations. c. identify each observation in a set of observations. d. calculate the amount of variability around the mean of a set of observations. e. determine the highest and lowest scores in a set of observations.

Psychology