We can see a candle flame at 30 miles on a
clear, dark night, and we can hear the tick of a watch 20 feet away in a quiet room. These two facts are examples of ________.
a) jnds
b) difference threshold
c) adaptation
d) absolute thresholds
ANS: d
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A stimulus-elicited behavior is referred to by Skinner as
a. an operant. b. a respondent. c. a mediating variable. d. an instrumental act.
Marcia believes that people have an internal set of "conditions" that are largely responsible for determining their actions in life. Marcia would probably be most affiliated with which school of psychological thought?
a. trait and temperament psychology b. behavioral psychology c. structuralism d. functionalism e. Gestalt psychology
Twin studies have demonstrated that heredity has little to do with gender-role learning
Indicate whether the statement is true or false