You are a psychology professor reviewing the outline of a student's paper on the mechanisms of falling asleep. As you read the outline, you notice that one of the steps is incorrect. Which one is it?
A. the time of falling asleep is regulated by the suprachiasmatic nucleus
B. the VLPO turns off the reticular formation
C. melatonin secretions increase
D. go to sleep when body temperature rises
Answer: D
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If people who favor one position on a controversial issue discuss the issue, what probably happens? a. Few people change their position
b. On average, the participants become more moderate. c. Most people become even more extreme in the same direction. d. A subgroup forms that favors the opposite position.
Professor Falls wants to determine if there is a relationship between frequent hearing of a startle stimulus and hearing loss. He ran a regression and obtained an r value of .60. Which of the following best summarizes what this result means?
a. 60% of hearing loss is accounted for by frequency of hearing startle stimuli. b. 36% of the variability in hearing loss can be accounted for by variability in the hearing of startle stimuli. c. 36% of startle stimuli cause hearing loss. d. 60% of hearing loss is caused by startle stimuli.
Regarding the relationship of age and gender to happiness, which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. The stereotype of the crotchety old person who is dissatisfied with everything is quite accurate. b. People are living longer and staying healthier, which has greatly delayed age-related declines. c. Overall, men tend to be happier than women. d. Men do have a tendency to experience higher emotional highs and lower lows than women do.
Decay theory works well to explain forgetting in _____________
a) sensory memory only b) short-term memory only c) long-term memory only d) sensory memory and short-term memory