Elements that share common features such as size, shape, or color are viewed as a set. This defines which Gestalt law of organization?
a. figure-ground
b. similarity
c. proximity
d. closure
b
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a. PsycINFO b. StudyTECH c. Cengage's Psychology Resource Center d. PsycPORT
Future law enforcement personnel are most likely to be able to use which of the following technologies in order to assess whether a person is being truthful or not?
a. positron emission tomography (PET) b. magnetoencephalography (MEG) c. functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) d. repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
In 1994 what happened to legislation that would allow people sentenced to death Moderate to challenge their sentences using statistical evidence of past racial discrimination in executions?
A. The legislation passed both houses and became law. B. The U.S. Congress passed it, but the president vetoed it. C. The House of Representatives passed it, but the U.S. Senate rejected it. D. The legislation was rejected by both houses.
Luo and Baillargeon recorded the reactions of infants to visual scenes, some occluded,
some not. In terms of the reactions of children two months old or younger, presenting an occlusion was the same as a. presenting full occlusion. b. presenting no occlusion. c. presenting an alternating occlusion. d. reversing the sequence of actions. e. inverting the sequence of actions.