During a break from your job in a restaurant, you are so caught up in a book that you fail to notice the clattering of dishes or orders being called out to the cook. This is an example of __________

FIll in the blank with correct word.


selective attention

Psychology

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A classmate designs the following experiment. What advice would you give him to improve upon it? Group A M T M Group B M T(zero level) M

a. to specify both groups as receiving zero level of T b. not to perform a pretest-posttest c. to randomly assign participants to groups d. to randomly select participants from the population

Psychology

The subventricular zone is formed of neurons that combine to form a layer between the _____ and ventricular zones.

a) subtraction b) addition c) multiplication d) intermediate

Psychology

Given what is known about the negative impact of disrupted melatonin on health, which of the following is likely to be the most detrimental type of job on one’s health?

A. Day shift (e.g., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.) B. Second shift (e.g., 3 p.m.-11 p.m.) C. Graveyard shift (e.g., 11 p.m.-7 a.m.) D. Rotating shifts (e.g., 3 p.m.-11 p.m. one day, then 7 p.m.-3 a.m. the next day, etc.)

Psychology

In America today, what is a fact about chronic diseases?

A) ?They cause a comparable percentage of deaths now as infectious diseases caused in the past. B) ?They cause the majority of deaths now, but a lower percentage than infectious diseases once did. C) ?They cause a comparable percentage of deaths now to the percentage that infectious diseases cause now. D) ?They cause a very low percentage of actual deaths, but many people are living with them now.

Psychology