In the context of the study by Masuda and Nisbett on attention involving American and Japanese students, people in Western cultures tend to engage in context-independent and _____ processes by focusing on a salient object (or person) independently from the context in which it is embedded
a) holistic perceptual
b) naturalistic perceptual
c) analytic perceptual
d) scientific perceptual
c
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A learned predisposition to respond cognitively, affectively, and behaviorally to a particular object is known as _____.
A) a belief B) a concept C) a schema D) an attitude
Skinner's contribution to behaviorism lies in his insistence that
a. one's actions are controlled by rewards and punishments. b. behavior is only partially conscious. c. the whole is more than the sum of its parts. d. self-actualization is the primary determinant of behavior.
When Harry met Sally, they fell in love and were not shy about expressing their love for each other openly around campus. They soon noticed that other students were staring at and laughing at them. Within a couple of weeks, they had toned down their public displays of affection. Harry and Sally discovered that most basic of all group norms, which is to
a. comply. b. conform. c. obey. d. adhere to groupthink.
The __________ of ganglion cells in the retina form the optic nerve
a. cell bodies c. axons b. dendrites d. none of these