Prida has witnessed a violent crime involving a knife. Research suggests that he will be less likely to identify the culprit than in a situation where no knife was present because Prida will
a. be less aroused.
b. focus more on the victim.
c. spend more time looking at the knife.
d. be too afraid to remember anything accurately.
c
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Gina is taller than the average infant. What will likely happen to her growth rate?
a. It will continue to increase. b. It will likely slow down. c. She will stop growing earlier than other girls. d. There is no way to predict what will happen to her growth rate.
Dr. Hennepin is conducting a study on a new psychotherapy for depression. The depressed clients in his study are diverse, ranging greatly both in the presence of comorbid diagnoses and the severity of their depression; the therapists also are diverse, with different types of mental health training (clinical psychology, social work) and different levels of experience. Dr. Hennepin's study has a
high degree of external validity. What term is used for studies of this nature? a. a psychotherapy efficacy study b. a psychotherapy effectiveness study c. an analog treatment study d. a double-blind placebo trial
The psychoanalytic theory of dreaming states that:
a. the purpose of dreaming is to express unconscious wishes, thoughts, and conflicts. b. there is no purpose to dreaming; dreams occur because of random brainstem signals. c. the purpose of dreaming is to resolve current concerns and problems that we are conscious of. d. dreaming is a byproduct of a process of eliminating or strengthening neural connections.
What do the current visual prosthetic devices, such as retinal implants, do?
a. They directly stimulate ganglion cells. b. They directly stimulate visual cortex cells. c. They directly stimulate rods and cones. d. They tap into the auditory nerve to provide visual information through the intact auditory system.