Procedures that momentarily activate a particular schema are referred to as
a. bottom-up procedures.
b. encoding.
c. top-down procedures.
d. priming
d. priming
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Psychological disorders that focus on the physical body are called ____________________ disorders
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During a "looming object" situation, the size of the retinal image of the moving object
a. increases. b. remains constant. c. shrinks. d. is transparent and unseen.
A college student wants to be a scientist but cannot achieve the grades she needs to get into a good university. So, since her second favorite academic area is history, she redirects her energies into getting a degree in history. This is an example of ___
a. displacement c. reaction formation b. projection d. sublimation
Researchers studied crime statistics both before and after the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. These researchers found that the return to capital punishment
a. had no effect on single homicides, but reduced multiple homicides. b. had no effect on homicides. c. was actually accompanied by a rise in homicide rates. d. reduced homicides resulting from instrumental aggression, but had no effect on homicides resulting from hostile aggression.