Becoming accustomed to the ongoing sound of a fan during a three-hour period one afternoon is an example of
A) ?short-term habituation.
B) ?long-term habituation.
C) ?dishabituation.
D) ?short-term dishabituation.
A
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What did Sigmund Freud mean by the "manifest content" of dreams?
a. The brain activity that occurs during the dream b. The hidden ideas that the dream symbolizes c. The content as it appears on the surface d. The frequency of similar dreams among other people
Medicare __________
A) extends government-supported health insurance to all children in low-income families B) pays partial health-care costs of older adults, covering about two-thirds of their health expenditures C) covers the income needs of retired citizens who contributed to society through prior employment D) and Social Security ensure that all older Americans live above the poverty line
Turiel's domain-specific knowledge theory attempts to correct conventional theories of moral development tendencies for
a. identifying too few stages of moral development. b. ignoring cultural differences in moral development. c. treating moral development as a form of cognitive development. d. confusing moral conventions with social conventions.
An essential part of scientific thinking is not only how to use statistics correctly, but also how to identify the misuse of statistics. For this, students should:
a. distrust all statistics from studies with counterintuitive results. b. integrate statistics with "real-life" issues, such as day care, in order to interpret them. c. try to replicate the study and see if they get similar results. d. ask how the statistic was calculated and what data the statistic is based upon.