For which of the following occupations would empirical evidence be the most important element in determining truth?
A. Psychologist
B. Trial judge
C. Police officer
D. Defense attorney
A
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According to cognitive models of anxiety, such as Borkovec, Alcaine and Behar's model, why do people continue to worry despite the fact that it is unproductive?
a. They have a superstition that worry will lead to symptom reduction. b. Classical conditioning has led to an association between worry and cognitive stability. c. The worry is reinforced by a temporary reduction in uncomfortable physiological sensations. d. The worry results from activation of the superego in order to punish oneself for past misdeeds.
Scientists who have studied pain mechanisms have discovered that
a. there is one set of receptors that responds to all forms of pain-producing stimuli. b. the location and intensity of pain is identified by mechanisms in the spinal cord. c. pain signals are sent to the central nervous system via two pathways. d. pain signals rarely reach the cerebral cortex of the brain.
Some believe that although cognitive events are a result of brain activity, such events cannot cause behavior. Such a belief represents:?
a. ?materialism b. ?interactionism c. ?epiphenomenalism d. ?occasionalism
An AIDS educator is giving a presentation on the HIV virus to a college health class. How will she describe the virus to these students?
a) a fragile virus that does not survive well outside the body b) a powerful virus that survives for long periods of time outside the body c) a powerful lymphocyte that needs contact with fluids such as blood or water d) a fragile phagocyte that needs contact with any human tissue from hair to fingernails