While trying to balance her checkbook, Deniece is able to ignore both the telephone ringing and her barking dog who wants to go outside. In this situation, Deniece is displaying her ability to
A) sustain her attention.
B) inhibit her responses to irrelevant stimuli.
C) selectively attend to stimuli.
D) all of the above.
D
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a. method of authority b. rational method c. empirical method d. method of intuition
Deci (1971) studied university students intrinsically motivated to complete a puzzle. Some participants were paid for completing the puzzle and others were not. Relative to the students who were not paid, the students who received payment were:
A) more likely to report enjoying the puzzle. B) more likely to solve the puzzle. C) less likely to solve the puzzle. D) less likely to play with the puzzle after the study.
Pitch is to frequency as ________
a) frequency is to amplitude b) high is to low c) volume is to amplitude d) peak is to wave
The most frequent type of hallucinations involves
A) hearing voices or sounds that are not real. B) seeing objects or persons that are not real. C) experiencing taste in the absence of the appropriate food. D) feeling objects on one's body that are not really present.