As Karissa was seeing the hot air balloon rise in the sky, she was unaware that her eyes were detecting stimuli that would be sent to the brain in the form of electrical signals. This is the process of _________
a. psychophysics
b. sensation
c. perception
d. threshold detection
Answer: B
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A. secular trend. B. delayed phase preference. C. longitudinal design. D. adolescent growth spurt.
Fatima generalizes that all men are irresponsible players, cheaters, and liars. When it comes to men, Fatima may be applying cognitive dissonance: negative beliefs about individuals based solely on their membership in a group.
a. true b. false
In previous versions of the DSM, people who are preoccupied or fearful that they have a serious or deadly illness are suffering from ______
a. somatization disorder c. hypochondriasis b. conversion disorder d. Munchausen syndrome
With regard to defense mechanisms, which of the following is an example of undoing?
a) a co-worker insulting your work and then excessively praising you at a meeting the next day b) a child starting a temper tantrum in a toy store because she was told she could not have a doll c) an abused teenager pretending the abuse never happened d) a man rejecting the death of his son