Texting while driving reduces reaction time to driving emergencies.
A. Descriptive study
B. Not a descriptive study
Answer: A. Descriptive study
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A. Gross motor movements B. Proprioceptive cues C. Fine motor movements D. Subcortical structures
A psychologist proposed an experiment in which he would tell participants that their performance on an intelligence test was extremely low (regardless of actual performance) and then measure their self-esteem. What might an Institutional Review Board ethics committee say about such a proposal?
A. Deception is allowable only if it is revealed afterward and if the emotional distress that it causes is short-lived. B. Deception is allowable only if participants give informed consent prior to the experiment. C. Deception is never allowable. D. Deception such as this would cause emotional discomfort, so it should not be done.
In a study that is described in the textbook, when individuals had more personal contact with those who they believed suffered from a mental disorder, all but which of the following occurred?
a. They were less likely to physically distance themselves from those individuals. b. They were less likely to direct blame toward those individuals. c. They were less likely to develop a mental illness themselves. d. They were less likely to direct anger toward those individuals.
Radiation is used to destroy specific brain areas in a type of psychosurgery called
A. cingulotomy. B. transcranial magnetic stimulation. C. gamma knife surgery. D. prefrontal lobotomy.