A research subject is searching her short-term memory of a list of five letters that were presented to her one at a time. Her task is to determine whether the list includes the target letter X
Under what conditions would a serial self-terminating search be identical to a serial exhaustive search for this task?
a) When the letter X is in the last of the five positions searche
b) When the letter X is in the first of the five positions searched
c) When the letter X is the last of the five letters presented
d) When the letter X is the first of the five letters presented
A
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a) To better understand the nature and development of mental disorders. b) to develop theories and treatments initially proposed by Dr. Sigmund Freud. c) The development of asylums. d) to examine theories derived from animal laboratories.
Which of the following is a "12-step" program that takes a spiritual approach in which participants admit that they have a problem, share feelings, and resolve to stay "dry" one day at a time with other group members providing support for those struggling to end dependency?
a. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) b. Rational Recovery c. Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS) d. Gestalt Psychotherapy groups
As a science, psychology is concerned with
a. consciousness but not dreams. b. social influences only. c. the roles of biology and heredity. d. biology but not with social influences.
Brain lateralization may have contributed to the development of
A. mirror neurons. B. the cerebral cortex. C. binocular vision. D. human language skills.