You are studying the summary for chapter 8 of your developmental textbook while you are listening to music. What skill are you utilizing?

a. selective attention
b. divided attention
c. ignoring
d. focused attention


B. You are dividing your attention between studying and listening to music.

Psychology

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According to the ____ theory of emotion, children with Moebius syndrome, who have a neurological condition that affects their ability to use their facial muscles, should have diminished intensity of their emotions

a. Cannon-Bard b. facial feedback c. Schachter and Singer d. excitation transfer

Psychology

Some clinicians maintain that most cases of dissociative identity disorder are rooted in

a. early reinforcement for avoiding reality. b. a genetic predisposition for engaging in fantasy. c. a deficiency in certain neurotransmitters in the brain. d. severe emotional trauma that occurred during childhood.

Psychology

Vygotsky is to ____ as Piaget is to ____.?

a. ?cognitive intelligence; emotional intelligence b. ?England; USA c. ?conservation; scaffolding d. ?cultural variations; fixed stages

Psychology

Which disorders involve complaints of bodily symptoms that do not have known medical explanations?

a) anxiety b) somatoform c) dissociative d) psychophysiological

Psychology