A psychologist is intrigued by the fact that some people are much more sensitive to painful stimuli than others.
What will be an ideal response?
Experimental Psychology
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In what way have psychologists revised their view about practice in the development of expertise?
a. They now believe that practice is just as effective at any age as it is in childhood. b. They now insist that expertise requires 15,000 hours of practice, not 10,000. c. They now recognize that some people develop expertise much faster than others. d. They now believe that experts are born, not made.
A psychoanalyst would view a phobia as a symptom of:
A. some unconscious conflict B. an irrational belief C. other anxieties in the person's life D. a poorly learned behavior
Rosalind thinks that the hippocampus is needed for new memories to be formed. In order to determine if she is correct, she conducts a study in which people perform a memory task while having their brains scanned. Rosalind is using the method of ______ to learn about the brain.
A. monism B. intuition C. empiricism D. dualism
Both behaviorism and social learning theory have been criticized for
A) overestimating children's contributions to their own development. B) presenting ideas that are too vague to test empirically. C) emphasizing nature over nurture. D) underestimating children's contributions to their own development.