You are sitting in the living room reading the newspaper. Your sister comes in and asks you, "I missed the weather. What is the high temperature going to be tomorrow?" You answer, "Sixty-nine degrees," even though you were not aware that the television was even turned on. This example shows that
A. some stimuli register without one's attending to them.
B. top-down and bottom-up processing can be mutually exclusive.
C. different neural pathways are involved in hearing and seeing.
D. memory involves some stimulation of the amacrine cells in one's brain.
Answer: A
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a. positive reinforcement b. extinction c. negative reinforcement d. punishment
In a study of Tutsi women who were pregnant during the genocide, compared with non-exposed mothers, mothers who witnessed the genocidal carnage had __________
A) higher PTSD and depression scores, but their children displayed weaker GR methylation B) substantially higher PTSD and depression scores, and their children displayed stronger GR methylation C) higher PTSD scores and lower depression scores, and their children did not show GR methylation D) similar PTSD and depression scores, but their children displayed stronger GR methylation
Statistical significance determines whether an observed difference between a treatment and control group is likely due to
A. random assignment. B. external validity. C. chance. D. confounds.
Making statements that tend to exaggerate a particular issue is known as ____
a. sexual communication c. overkill b. name-calling d. overgeneralization