Pool et al. (2003) found that watching television interfered with adolescents' homework performances, but ____
a. they learned about the same as people who did not watch television
b. listening to music did not
c. texting did not
d. they received similar grades on their exams as those who did not watch television
B. Listening to music did not interfere with homework performance.
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Titchener's definition of the appropriate subject matter of psychology is ____
a. ?conscious experience b. ?behavioral events c. ?mental and behavioral events d. ?both conscious and unconscious experiences e. ?anything that could be observed scientifically
Health psychology is an interdisciplinary subspecialty of psychology best described as dedicated to ____
a. promoting health b. promoting and maintaining health c. preventing illness d. promoting and maintaining health, and preventing and treating illness
The fact that antisocial behavioral patterns appear at such an early age and are so difficult to change lends support to the notion that an antisocial personality may be caused by:
A. behavioral factors B. environmental factors C. biological factors D. cognitive factors
Mario takes a drug for Restless Thumb Syndrome. One side effect of the drug is the stimulation of the paraventricular nucleus of his hypothalamus. As a result, Mario should anticipate that he will
A. eat less than usual. B. crave foods low in carbohydrates. C. eat more than usual. D. crave lots of water.