We can see a candle flame at 30 miles on a clear, dark night, and we can hear the tick of a watch 20 feet away in a quiet room. These two facts are examples of __________
a) jnds
b) difference threshold.
c) adaptation.
d) absolute thresholds.
d
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Terrifying flashbacks, avoiding similar situations, and experiencing an event that involves actual or threatened death or injury refers to a condition known as:
A. burnout B. generalized anxiety disorder C. posttraumatic stress disorder D. hardiness
When making a drive to the basket in a basketball game, your ____ nervous system sends signals to your muscles to coordinate your movements
a. somatic b. ?sympathetic c. parasympathetic d. ?autonomic
Coercion is defined as
a. conformity to the demands of an authority. b. bringing one's behavior into agreement or harmony with norms or with the behavior of others in a group. c. being forced to change your beliefs or your behavior against your will. d. bending to the requests of a person who has little or no authority or other form of social power.
Regression to the mean can occur when
a. performance on two measures is not completely correlated b. there is selection on the basis of a measure correlated with the measure of interest c. a person who scores on the extremes on one test scores closer to the middle on a later test d. All of these are true.