You are conducting an experiment in which participants are asked to focus intensely on the black star in the center of the screen
A small blue triangle is flashed for a moment in the right top corner. The failure of some of the participants to see the small blue triangle on the screen illustrates
a. psychokinesis.
b. retinal disparity.
c. inattentional blindness.
d. an apparent-distance illusion.
ANSWER: c
You might also like to view...
The newer antianxiety drug Buspar has the advantage of __________.
A. a low potential for abuse B. working better than other antianxiety drugs C. working on more anxiety disorders than the other drugs D. working faster than the other drugs
Memory enhancement due to repetition priming is a result of
a. the test stimulus being the same or resembling the priming stimulus. b. the test stimulus being different from the priming stimulus. c. the test stimulus being similar in meaning to the priming stimulus. d. the test stimulus being different in meaning from the priming stimulus.
Quincy is uncertain whether Darren’s repeated pattern of giving up, when he faces an obstacle, is due to an inherited trait or due to learning. According to Seligman, how does this behavior pattern develop? Is it likely to be inherited or learned?
What will be an ideal response?
According to the text, the development of the field of health psychology beginning in the 1970s was fueled by
a. a rise in the rate of infectious diseases. b. rising health care costs. c. increased barriers to entering private practice and academia. d. more than one of the above