Which of the following is NOT true of the local theory of motivation?
a. it assumes that signals controlling hunger and thirst are produced by the brain
b. it was based on Cannon and Washburn's experiments with swallowed balloons
c. it assumes signals controlling hunger are produced in the peripheral organs of the body
d. it has been shown to be inadequate to explain hunger and thirst
a
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a. respondent b. place c. escape d. latent
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A. For men, smelling the same odor as the masked stimulus made the stimulus easier to detect. B. For women, smelling the same odor as the masked stimulus made the stimulus easier to detect. C. For women, smelling a different odor than that of the masked stimulus had no effect on detection. D. For men, smelling a different odor than that of the masked stimulus made the stimulus more difficult to detect.
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A) ?The risk of a Type I error B) ?The risk of a Type II error C) ?The size of the difference between the two treatments D) ?Whether the difference between the two treatments is likely to have occurred by chance