In the habituation method, infants show
a. new interest in something they have not seen before.
b. recognition by no longer responding to something they have seen before.
c. that they can distinguish parental voices by 4 weeks of age.
d. visual preferences by attending to objects they prefer longer.
b
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Why do older people have difficulty focusing on nearby objects?
a. The lens is more rigid b. The pupil is slower to dilate or constrict. c. The action potentials from the retina have lower amplitude. d. The fovea increases in diameter.
Francis finished writing her economics final and was convinced that she had failed the exam and would have to repeat the course. She was so stressed out by the thought of taking the course a second time that she drank eight glasses of wine when she got home. Based on this information, it appears that one method that Francis uses to cope with stress is
a. self-indulgence. b. overcompensation. c. learned helplessness. d. undoing.
In a study involving stress among college students, a group of seniors are asked to complete a stress survey. After a two-hour seminar on relaxation methods, they are asked to complete the stress survey again. The appropriate design for testing the significance of the difference between the means is
a. related-samples t-test. b. independent-samples t-test. c. one-sample t-test. d. z-test.
Which of the following is an outdated term that people use loosely to refer to problems involving excessive anxiety?
a. neurosis b. insanity c. psychosis d. depersonalization