For days after visiting Disneyland, the words and tune for "It's a Small World" keep invading Jessica's thoughts. She cannot get them out of her head. Jessica's experience is similar to the ____
a. obsessions seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder
b. fear seen in generalized anxiety disorder
c. compulsions seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder
d. avoidance seen in social phobias
a
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Which of the following is NOT a method of describing data that reduces the role of outliers on the measurement of a data set's variability?
a. interquartile range b. boxplot c. range d. trimmed statistics
In the materials subsection of an APA-style methods section, you tell the reader ____
a. what equipment was used in the study b. who participated in the study c. what questionnaires were used in the study d. the preliminary results of the study
Which muscle is "antagonistic" to a flexor muscle in the right arm?
A. A flexor muscle in the right arm B. An extensor muscle in the left arm C. An extensor muscle in the right arm D. Another flexor muscle in the right arm
When a psychologist is discussing a heuristic, he or she is referring to
A) biased information processing strategies. B) a mental shortcut or rule of thumb. C) a mental technique to improve memory recall. D) a mental technique to increase deliberation in our decision making.