The ability to follow an individual conversation due to the "cocktail party effect" involves ______ of the competing conversations, presumably due to the action of the ______.
A. distortion; ossicles
B. potentiation; inner hair cells
C. suppression; outer hair cells
D. none of these
Answer: C
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Maria and Juan go to a therapist because they consistently have difficulty accomplishing intercourse. The therapist recommends a procedure called sensate focus, which means that Maria and Juan will be asked to
a. explore their painful emotions in therapy. b. spend time together relaxing and holding hands. c. go to a physician, to rule out medical problems. d. attempt to have intercourse every night for a week.
Several of Jung's practices in the treatment of clients are questionable from an ethical point of view
a. True b. False
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. "In second-order conditioning, a neutral stimulus becomes a US when it is repeatedly paired with a previously established CS. " 2. "An experienced heroin user will have a higher risk of overdose if he injects the drug in an unfamiliar environment. " 3. "The presence of a strong compensatory response as a heroin user injects makes overdose from that injection more likely. " 4. "The development of a conditioned compensatory response contributes to drug tolerance. " 5. "Extinction of a conditioned response involves the repeated presentation of the US in the absence of the CS. "
ECT is currently used mainly for people diagnosed with
a. acute depression. b. major depression. c. major depression who do not respond to antidepressants. d. schizophrenia.