Batman is walking down a dark alley in Gotham City. Suddenly, a dark figure jumps out from behind a trash bin and points a gun at him. Batman turns and runs, faster than a speeding bullet. This is an example of

a. alarm response.
b. panic.
c. anxiety.
d. wimpy behavior.


Answer: a. alarm response.

Psychology

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a. in the current decade, women with disabilities are just as likely as other women to date and marry. b. because most disabilities are readily visible, biases against people with disabilities tend to be displayed upon first meeting. c. women with disabilities are more likely than other women to live alone. d. friends of people with disabilities often talk to them excessively about difficult topics like relationships and sexuality.

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When determining the cross-products for your correlation coefficient, if positive z scores on one variable go with negative z scores on the other variable and negative z scores on one variable go with positive z scores on the other variable, then the correlation coefficient will be:

a. negative. b. strong. c. weak. d. positive.

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Which statement regarding Alzheimer's disease is correct?

A. Amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are unique to Alzheimer's disease. B. Amyloid plaques are dying neurons that contain intracellular accumulations of tau protein. C. Acetylcholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain are among the first cells to be affected in Alzheimer's disease. D. Neurofibrillary tangles are extracellular deposits that consist of a dense core surrounded by degenerating axons and dendrites.

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