You're hanging out at your campsite when a bear suddenly emerges from the trees and runs toward you. You grab the nearby grill grate and use it as a shield against the bear. This scenario best illustrates overcoming ______.
A. heuristics
B. functional fixedness
C. mental sets
D. divergent thinking
Answer: B
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What indicates how much of the variation among measures (e.g., test scores) is attributed to genetic influences?
a. Nurture b. Heritability c. The preparedness continuum d. The correlation coefficient (r)
You are a neurosurgeon performing surgery on a 50-year-old man. When you insert an electrode into the axon of one of his neurons while it is not receiving or sending information, what voltage should you record with your instruments?
a. ?55mv b. ?-55mv c. ?70mv d. ?-70mv
Included in the category of dissociative disorders are frightening episodes in which people feel like they are outside of their bodies or behave like robots or are lost in a dream world. An episode such as this is referred to as __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word