Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the advertising by psychic advisors?
a. No one has passed the preliminary tests set up by James Randi's Million Dollar Challenge to demonstrate
psychic abilities under controlled conditions.
b. Usually psychic advisor ads are promoted with a few testimonials and many unsupported claims.
c. Unlike psychic advisors, stage mentalists do not use deception with their audiences or in their advertising.
d. Psychic advisers promoted in TV commercials make use of the Barnum effect.
ANSWER: c
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a. Rennie v. Klein b. Tarasoff v. Board of Regents of University of California c. Wyatt v. Stickney d. Durham standard
The underlying process of classical conditioning is basically
Early evaluations of Head Start compensatory preschool education concluded that the benefits of this schooling
a. disappear after about two years. b. yield lifelong gains in IQ scores. c. are strong in boys but absent in girls. d. are not seen even immediately following the schooling.
When the current condition does not equal the set point, which of the following is true?
A. Motivation will decrease and the organism will wait until the current situation changes. B. Motivation will decrease so the organism is more likely to behave randomly. C. The organism will be motivated to behave to return the drive to the set point. D. The organism will be in a temporary state of satisfaction until the drive returns to the set point and motivates directed behavior.