Neil is seated in a dark room and asked to look at a screen. He watches as flashes of light, varying in brightness, are shown on the screen one at a time
Whenever he notices a flash, he informs the researchers. What are the researchers measuring?
a. Neil's anatomical encoding of brightness
b. Neil's absolute threshold for brightness
c. Neil's functional encoding of brightness
d. Neil's difference threshold for brightness
Answer: b
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a. language repetition. b. echolalia. c. language association. d. language dissociation.
An advantage of the exemplar approach over the prototype approach is that the exemplar approach provides a better explanation of the effect
a. resemblance b. typicality c. priming d. reaction-time
An individual who had conversion disorder would:
a. misinterpret normal bodily reactions as symptoms of a serious disease b. experience physical problems that seem to have no identifiable physical cause c. persistently be preoccupied with body symptoms that have no identifiable cause d. have recurrent attacks of extremely intense fear or dread
In Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, what is the most important influence on our feelings, thoughts, and behaviors?
A. our early sexual experiences B. traits we inherit from our parents C. our unconscious D. our dreams E.our toilet training