If you look at a pinpoint of light in a dark room, the light appears to move even though it is in fact stationary. This illusion of movement is called the ____ effect

a. autokinetic
b. omega
c. sleeper
d. visual pique


A

Psychology

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a. His oldest daughter is having a lot of trouble in school. b. His mortgage statement just came, and the increase in taxes is going to make the payment a lot higher than what he can manage. c. He and his wife are arguing over lots of little things, and he can't figure out why they aren't getting along. d. He just got a raise, but it comes with more responsibility at work, and he is away from home more often than he would like.

Psychology

Set up positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, and punishment programs that a parent could use to teach a ten-year-old child to clean his room. What are the drawbacks of using punishment? What is the most effective way to use punishment?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

Discuss the contributions of the following brain areas to emotion: hypothalamus, insular cortex, basal ganglia, anterior cingulate gyrus.

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

What is the name of the membrane that runs the length of the cochlea and has auditory receptors (in the form of hair cells) on its surface?

a. The membrane of Corti b. The oval membrane c. The basilar membrane d. The cochlear membrane

Psychology