On a train, Federico focuses on reading a novel while other people are talking and the conductor collects fares. This example shows ______.
A. divided attention
B. selective attention
C. elective attention
D. source monitoring
Answer: B
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What evidence led developers of DSM-5 to remove the distinction between substance abuse and substance dependence?
a. Substance abuse was moved to the impulse control disorders section. b. Substance abuse was removed because abusers do not suffer serious impairment. c. People who abuse substances are always dependent on substances. d. Evidence suggests dependence and abuse are not clearly distinct forms of disorder.
Coalmine et al. (1991) observed participants in a clean or cluttered parking garage and found that participants were most likely to litter when they observed a confederate
a. litter in the cluttered garage. b. litter in the clean garage. c. place trash in the proper receptacle in a cluttered garage. d. place trash in the proper receptacle in a clean garage.
Which best summarises the conclusion of reviews of prospective studies into the relationship between hostility and heart disease?
A. No relationship has been convincingly demonstrated. B. A weak relationship has been demonstrated both for initially healthy individuals and for those already diagnosed as at risk. C. A weak relationship has been demonstrated for initially healthy individuals but not for those already diagnosed as at risk.
At which point is the heart past the vulnerable point of developing an abnormality from a teratogen?
A. six weeks B. seven weeks C. eight weeks D. nine weeks