Brandon is able to sit and work on his laptop computer writing a psychology textbook even while his three sons are yelling in the same room while playing with their toys. His ability to tune out the background noise demonstrates
A. dichotic listening.
B. dyslexia.
C. selective attention.
D. top-down processing.
Answer: C
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a. behaviors motivated by desire to achieve a sense of mastery. b. conflict with radius of significant others. c. motivation to promote equilibrium between work and family. d. early adulthood cohort changes.
Which hormone(s) is/are likely to be found more abundantly in females than in males?
a. peptide hormones b. androgens c. progesterone d. estrogens
In statistical notation, N stands for the
a. number of times a given score occurs in a sample. b. total number of scores in a data set. c. relative frequency of a particular score. d. cumulative frequency of a particular score.
From roughly 1900 to 1950, the treatment of mental illness
A) did not exist. B) was conducted primarily by clinical psychologists. C) was conducted primarily by physicians. D) was conducted primarily by counseling psychologists.