According to Karl Popper, what, more than anything else, makes a field of study scientific?
A) openness to criticism and revision
B) the use of scientific methods and procedures
C) systematic observation of behavior
D) the formulation of theories
A
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A graph of the serial position effect, where the likelihood of recall of an item is plotted as a function of the item’s position in a list during presentation, takes the shape of a(n) ____
a. ?J-shaped curve b. ?line that begins at a low level and slopes upward to the right c. ?line that begins at a high level and slopes downward to the right d. ?U-shaped curve
Which statement about action potentials is FALSE?
A) Neurons either do or do not "fire." B) Electrical stimulation of the dendrites does not always trigger "firing." C) Activation must exceed a threshold before the neuron begins to "fire." D) The intensity of the stimulus makes the neuron "fire" more intensely.
What is the correct order for the stages of the general adaptation syndrome?
a. resistance phase, exhaustion phase, alarm phase b. alarm phase, resistance phase, exhaustion phase c. alarm phase, exhaustion phase, resistance phase d. resistance phase, alarm phase, exhaustion phase
Structuralists are to the contents of the mind as functionalists are to the:
a. ?psychology of the mind b. ?function of the mind c. ?neurology of the mind d. ?philosophy of the mind