Enrique is carrying a couch with Alex. Enrique feels the couch slipping out of his hand, tells Alex to halt, and readjusts his grip on the couch. Enrique's guided movements in response to his body's feedback that his hand was slipping are controlled by his ______.
A. dorsal root ganglion
B. ventral somatosensory system
C. dorsal somatosensory system
D. anterior cingulate cortex
Answer: C
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a. could be marketed without regulation to treat specific illnesses b. required a prescription to purchase c. could be marketed without regulation as long as they did not claim to treat a specific illness d. became less expensive
According to Freud, the use of mental processes to deny, distort, or otherwise block out sources of threat and anxiety are referred to as
a. the pleasure principle. b. self-efficacy. c. congruence. d. defense mechanisms.
Michael and Andrew are siblings who grew up in the same home environment, played together on the same Little League baseball team, and went to the same school. During early adolescence, their parents divorced and both boys went to live with their mother. The fact that Michael and Andrew have similar personalities is MOST likely due to:
A) genetics. B) similar schooling and extracurricular activities. C) the shared stressful event of divorce. D) a similar home environment.
One concern with the use of structured personality tests, like
the MMPI, is that certain questions do not appear to be relevant to the psychological dimensions they supposedly measure. A psychologist would say such questions have a low degree of _____. Fill in the blank with correct word