When sensory systems become less sensitive to unchanging stimuli, it is called
a. accommodation.
b. sensory adaptation. c. precognition.
d. threshold degradation. e. subliminal perception.
b
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A. critical attachment stage B. trust-versus-mistrust stage C. autonomy-versus-shame-and-doubt stage D. temperament behavior stage
People tend to see the diversity among the members of the ____ but overestimate the homogeneity of the ____
a. ingroup; outgroup b. outgroup; ingroup c. majority; minority d. minority; majority
Behaviourists were NOT influenced by the work of Thorndike because:
A) it was free from explanations involving the mind. B) Thorndike's measurements were observable. C) the law of effect stressed the importance of expectancy. D) Thorndike's procedure could quantify the rate of learning.
Your friends play a practical joke on you and hook a small battery to your computer keyboard. Every time you hit the backspace key, you get a small electric shock. After a while, you involuntarily jerk just before pressing the backspace key. In this example, the ________ is the conditioned stimulus and the _______ is the conditioned response.
A. backspace key; jerk before pressing the backspace key B. electric shock; backspace key C. backspace key; electric shock D. jerk before pressing the backspace key; backspace key