Psychology is defined as the scientific study of
a. behavior and mental processes.
b. diagnosing and treating behavioral disorders.
c. conscious and unconscious mental processes.
d. the mind.
A
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In one well-known study of helping behavior, researchers examined helping among a sample of theology students. Students were either (a) put under time pressure or not put under time pressure and (b) expecting to give a speech about the parable of the (very helpful) Good Samaritan or expecting to give a speech about something else. What did the researchers find?
a. In this study, helping was not affected by time pressure. b. In this study, helping was not affected by the speech manipulation. c. In this study, helping was not affected by time pressure or by the speech manipulation. d. Helping was highest among the low-time-pressure, Good Samaritan group.
Chewing betel nut is __________
a. a ceremonial hallucinogen used by some African tribes b. one of the most frequently used psychoactive drugs in the world c. a medicinal treatment practiced by New Guinea Papuans d. none of these
The small gap that exists between adjacent neurons is called the:
a. synapse b. soma c. axon hillock d. sodium/potassium pump
The ____________________ theory of emotion suggests that physiological reactions and subjective experiences occur together, but they are independent of each other
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