Katie is at Niagara Falls, staring at the downward rush of the water for several seconds. When she then looks at the nearby trees and rocks, they will seem to be:
A) moving upward.
B) moving downward.
C) moving sideways.
D) oscillating upward and downward.
A) moving upward.
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To help him explain the variety of species he observed during exploration of the Galápagos Islands, Charles Darwin suggested the process of
a. bipedalism. b. encephalization. c. natural selection. d. behavior genetics.
Four-month-olds look longer at a video of a puppet jumping up and down in time with music than at the same puppet when the jumping does not match the music. This is evidence of ______________
a. habituation b. the A-not-B error c. intermodal perception d. assimilation
Which of the following best describes the lifecycle of marital satisfaction?
a. high satisfaction in the first year of marriage, reaching a low point while caring for young children and remaining low until the children enter emerging adulthood, and a rebound of satisfaction at midlife and beyond b. highest satisfaction in the first few years of marriage, lower satisfaction while children are in emerging adulthood and young adulthood, and even lower satisfaction for midlife and beyond c. low satisfaction for the first few years of marriage, higher satisfaction while children are in emerging adulthood and young adulthood, and the highest satisfaction for midlife and beyond d. high satisfaction for the first few years of marriage, increasing satisfaction while children are in emerging adulthood and young adulthood, then plummeting to all-time low satisfaction for midlife and beyond
The bystander effect is most likely to occur.
A. when someone is witnessing an emergency and there are several other people present. B. when someone is witnessing an emergency and no one else is present. C. in emergencies where people's actions are being videotaped. D. in memory studies in which bystanders did not remember as much about an emergency as the individual who was the victim.