The tendency for people to change their behaviors just because they have been asked what they intend to do in the future is known as:
A) retroactive interference
B) the Hawthorne effect
C) the mere measurement effect
D) causation
C
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a. smallest difference in the magnitude of two stimuli that an observer can reliably detect b. largest difference in the magnitude of two stimuli that an observer can reliably detect c. amount of stimulus energy that must be present for the stimulus to be detected 50% of the time d. amount of stimulus energy that must be present for the stimulus to be detected 100% of the time
Information associated with the movement of objects that a person watches is called
a. stereoscopic cues. c. monocular cues. b. kinetic cues. d. spatial cues.
What is the best way to summarize a point made by your text's discussion of hospital errors?
A) ?The goal of medical practice is ultimately to render it free of all errors. B) ?Systems that inhibit errors are more expensive but make patients safer. C) ?Systems to inhibit errors cut hospitalization cost but risk patient safety. D) ?Patient safety improves and costs lower via systems that inhibit errors.
Which type of disorders occur when people experience extremely upsetting events that are outside their ability to cope?
a. somatic symptom and related disorders b. bipolar and related disorders c. delusional disorders d. trauma- and stressor-related disorders