In his dream, Andy is an infant crawling through a dark tunnel looking for something he has lost. Which theory would be most receptive to an explanation that,
while Andy was sleeping, neurons in his pons that stimulate leg-muscle movement were active?
a. psychoanalytic
b. problem-focused
c. cognitive
d. activation-synthesis theory
Answer: d
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A. the law of positive reinforcement B. Rescorla's cognitive perspective C. Thorndike's law of effect D. Garcia's conditional emotional response
In an experiment, children with a history of physical abuse spotted angry faces more quickly than did neglected or non-maltreated children. This is thought to occur because abused children __________.
A. are more alert than non-abused children B. have advanced perception of emotions C. have learned to detect anger from the caregiver as quickly as possible as a coping strategy D. have impaired emotional perception
A graphical representation of a frequency distribution in which vertical bars centered above scores on the x-axis touch each other is a _____
a. histogram b. bar graph c. pie graph d. frequency polygon
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decreases increases cancels The interaction has no impact.