Physical features of an object that help distinguish it from other stimuli are called
a. defining characteristics.
b. object signatures.
c. distinctive features.
d. identifying codes.
e. prototypes.
c. distinctive features.
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A. admitting to himself that he has a problem B. detoxification C. aversive conditioning D. family therapy
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a. early twentieth century psychosurgery b. Philippe Pinel in eighteenth-century Paris c. Hippocrates in ancient Greece d. Galen in ancient Rome
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Analysis of the data suggested that a. there was no relationship between the number of violent TV shows that children watched and their behavior as adults. b. the men and women who had watched the most violent TV as children were the least likely to display aggression. c. early viewing of violent TV causes later aggression. d. there was a correlation between early watching of violent TV programs and levels of adult aggression, but the relationship was not causal.
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participants were (a) members of a gun club (b) shoppers in a mall (c) people watching TV at home (d) all people who owned stun-guns