An increase in response to stimuli that are dangerous or threatening is called ________
a) shaping
b) habituation
c) extinction
d) sensitization
ANS: D
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a. 17 b. 18 c. 42 d. Cannot answer without knowing whether it is a sample or a population
The ___ attention system works by controlling many other brain networks, while the ___ attention system helps to resolve competing actions in tasks where there is conflict and a choice must be made
a. sympathetic; parasympathetic b. parasympathetic; sympathetic c. orienting; executive d. executive; orienting
Perception-to-action transfer is part of the _______________
a. perception-action cycle c. sensory-motor cycle b. decision-making process d. stimulus-response process
A researcher asked thousands of psychology students to rate their statistics courses on a scale of 1 to 10. The mean rating was 8 with variance of 4. What is the probability that a randomly chosen sample of 100 scores will have a mean between 8.1 and 8.2?
a. .1498 b. .8502 c. .6915 d. .8413