An infant is placed in a room with a noisy fan. Although one would think it would drive her crazy, it doesn't. This is because the infant has _______________ to the noise of the fan
a. lateralized
b. dilated
c. habituated
d. mylenated
B. Habituation is defined as the gradual decrease in attention to a stimulus after repeated presentations.
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Removing cues for depth in the moon illusion would cause the moon near the horizon to appear
a. to remain unchanged in size. b. larger. c. smaller. d. to disappear.
Rural School District has encountered a decrease in their financial resources. They are
considering which school programs to cut. A representative from the local American Medical Association appears before the school board and urges them to maintain an active exercise program. The representative argues that regular exercise is necessary for a. bone development. b. changes in height. c. puberty. d. spatial perception.
In one ingenious study of _____ perception, researchers first gave 1-month-old infants a bumpy pacifier to feel in their mouth and only later allowed them to look at that pacifier – after they had placed it next to a smooth pacifier that they had
not explored orally. a. cross-modal b. intermodal c. amodal d. bimodal
Steve, who is Jewish and has friends who are mostly Jewish, attends a high school where most of the students are Christian. Steve eventually becomes good friends with Jake, who is Christian and has friends who are mostly Christian
As a result of this new friendship, which of the following events is the MOST likely to occur? a) Steve will gradually begin to adopt some of the anti-Jewish sentiments displayed by his Christian friends. b) Steve's Jewish friends will be more inclined to feel positively toward Jake's Christian friends, though Jake's Christian friends will be less inclined to feel positively toward Steve's Jewish friends. c) Both Steve's friends and Jake's friends will be increasingly likely to feel that members of their respective outgroups do not necessarily dislike their respective ingroups. d) The anti-outgroup norms from each of the respective groups will probably stay about the same in intensity.