The ________ approach to sensory thresholds explains how we detect signals consisting of stimulation affecting our eyes, ears, nose, skin, and other sense organs
a. classical psychophysics
b. signal detection theory
c. evolutionary
d. cognitive neuroscience
e. somatosensory
b. signal detection theory
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The polygraph method of detecting lying rests on which of the following assumptions?
A) People experience little guilt and anxiety when lying. B) People become physiologically aroused when lying. C) People are likely to experience physiological arousal even when they tell the truth. D) People are generally successful in controlling their physiological reactions.
In their study of self-images and occupations, Maclean and Kalin (1994) found that the self-images of __________ tended to be high in dominance and low in affiliation.
a. engineering students b. nursing students c. medical students d. teachers e. rehabilitation therapists
Lupe is wearing a red dress. Her boyfriend perceives that it is red whether they stand in yellowish incandescent light, bluish fluorescent light, full sunlight, or shade. This is an example of ______ constancy.
A. saturation B. object C. color D. light
In surface dyslexia, the __________ procedure has been lost
A) semantic B) phonetic C) lexical D) deep E) phonological