What, according to Dewey, makes a stimulus a stimulus?

a. the response of an organism
b. the need of the organism that is acting
c. the context of the response history
d. an act of reification


Answer: b. the need of the organism that is acting

Psychology

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a. unconditional, and she is likely to develop incongruence in her self-concept. b. conditional, and she is likely to develop congruence in her self-concept. c. unconditional, and she is likely to develop congruence in her self-concept. d. conditional, and she is likely to develop incongruence in her self-concept.

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Experimental group is to treatment as control group is to:

A. subject B. random selection C. manipulate D. placebo

Psychology

The pitch of a sound corresponds to which aspect of the sound wave?

a. amplitude b. frequency c. rarefaction d. compression

Psychology

When doing a research paper, you break up the assignment into the steps of doing library research, taking notes, making a detailed outline, and writing the paper. This strategy uses:

a. functional fixedness c. an analogy b. transformational rules d. subgoals

Psychology