Gustav Theodor Fechner, in his book Elements of Psychophysics, showed:
A) that conscious experience can be broken down into objective sensations and mental images.
B) how people are social creatures who influence one another.
C) that maladaptive behavior patterns tend to drop out and only the fittest behavior patterns survive.
D) how physical events are related to psychological sensation and perception.
D
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A. standard deviations B. percentage of scores C. mean scores D. percentage under the "tails"
Which of the following is the most reasonable explanation as to why adolescence is the time period during which it is most likely that a depression-prone person would experience a first episode of major depressive disorder (MDD)?
Freud believed that women in abusive relationships were there because
A) they were seeking revenge. B) they were uneducated. C) societal constraints kept them there. D) they were masochistic. E) they were fixated.
One criticism of the model shown in Figure 12.5 is that it's very logical and mathematical, like an algebraic equation to explain love. Do you think people really make decisions like this, with lists of pros and cons in our heads? Or, do we more often "go with our gut" and follow our hearts, even if our logical minds tell us we're making a mistake?
What will be an ideal response?