Dr. Johnson was wrong when he predicted that his patient would not physically abuse his wife. This is an example of a __________.
A. false negative
B. true negative
C. true positive
D. false positive
Answer: A
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Abraham Maslow believed that people who are unusually accurate in their perceptions have which of the following qualities?
a. a surrender to perceptual habits b. a reliance on evaluation and criticism c. immersion in past experiences d. a lack of self-consciousness
Arrival time of sound at the two ears is processed initially by binaural neurons in the a. cochlea
b. ventral cochlear nucleus. c. ventral cochlear nucleus. d. superior olive.
Which of the following is true of rods?
a) They respond to color. b) They are found mainly in the fovea. c) They operate mainly in the daytime. d) They are responsible for night vision.
Why was the research of Karl Lashley unique, when compared to those who had come before him in trying to understand the neurological processes involved in learning?
a. Lashley felt that the best time to learn was in adulthood, when the brain is fully formed, where other researchers felt the best time learn was in childhood, when the brain was still forming. b. Lashley strongly believed that learning occurs differently in men and women, and so his research was based entirely on observations of single sex groups of subjects. c. Lashley studied human beings exclusively, and did not spend time observing animal subjects. d. Lashley tried to determine what prevents us from learning instead of what helps us to learn.