When the environment is distracting, sometimes it becomes necessary to focus our attention to one stimulus and filter out other less relevant stimuli. This is known as_________.*
a. sensory adaptation
b. noise
c. selective attention
d. information overload
c
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Which developmental psychologists argued that there is a substantial change in personality over time, and that change follows a set, predictable pattern?
A. Robert French and Richard Hellmann B. Erik Erikson and Daniel Levinson C. Paul Costa and Robert McCrae D. George Vaillant and Ravenna Helson
How are social psychologists generally similar to behaviorists?
a. They both tend to favor experiments and the scientific method. b. They are both interested in the mind, thoughts, and emotions. c. They are both originally rooted in psychoanalytic theory. d. They are both interested in the unconscious mind.
Carl Jung used the word association test to infer areas of chronic emotional disturbances, which he called complexes, by observing _______.
a. idiosyncratic responses to stimulus words b. long time intervals between the stimulus word and the response c. both of the above d. neither of the above
People who believe they were born into the body of the wrong sex are
a. homosexual b. transgendered c. hermaphrodites d. transvestites