People direct their attention to those aspects of what they see that stand out rather than blend. This is known as _______________

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.


Answer: the figure-ground principle

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Impaired voluntary movement, tremors, and depressed mood are characteristic of which of the following conditions?

a. Phenylketonuria b. Capgras syndrome c. Parkinson's disease d. Cotard's syndrome

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Regarding Hispanic families, which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. Hispanic families generally value social skills more than cognitive skills. b. Hispanic families generally value competition over cooperation. c. Hispanic families tend to value loyalty and family pride. d. Hispanic parents tend to have relatively strict standards of discipline.

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Penny recalled the vocabulary definitions they learned in Introductory Spanish immediately after class, but when she was given a pop quiz a couple of days later, she couldn't remember many of the words

Which of the following is the most likely biological explanation for this? A) Hippocampal damage impaired her nondeclarative memory. B) LTP occurred. C) Her brain failed to consolidate the information. D) She developed a brain lesion between after the first class, which caused anterograde

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Which best characterizes the correlation between income and subjective feelings of happiness?

A) Negative, but weak B) Positive and strong C) Negligible D) Positive, but modest

Psychology