Rick took a sugar pill thinking it was Tylenol and his headache subsided much more quickly than if he had taken no pill. The lessening of Rick's headache was probably due to:
A) natural improvement.
B) a placebo.
C) changes in blood sugar.
D) reconstructive memory.
B) a placebo.
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As described by Maslow, identify a characteristic of self-actualizers
a. Self-actualizers have a large group of friends. b. Self-actualizers suffer because of isolation. c. Self-actualizers appreciate what they have and take little for granted. d. Self-actualizers undertake challenging tasks for money, fame, and power.
Which of the following is most accurate about the funeral rituals of Africans who have migrated to the United States?
a. The entire community contributes money to cover the costs of food, burial expenses, and the family's support during the period of mourning. b. The body is cremated and the ashes spread over the ground in Africa where their tribe lives. c. A drum is buried with the deceased so they can communicate with the spirits. d. All members of the community receive the same burial ritual regardless of their social position.
Recording from single neurons in the brain has shown that neurons responding to specific types of stimuli are often clustered in specific areas. These results support the idea of
a. cortical association. b. dissociation. c. localization of function. d. the information processing approach.
All of the following techniques are methods used by Kelly in psychotherapy except one. Which one?
A. Asking people about their personal constructs B. Asking people to describe their ideal selves C. Asking people to define their personal constructs D. Forcing people to attend to their process of construing the world