_________ refers to focused energy and attention applied in order to reach a goal
a) Persistence
b) Intensity
c) Orientation
d) Activation
b Explanation: Intensity represents the focus and dedication to a specific behavior or action
that one experiences and displays.
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Denise worked the night shift at the hospital before attending her 8:00 a.m. psychology class. She was tired but went to class anyway. As she left class, she could remember only small portions of the lecture. Denise is demonstrating __________.
A. decay B. absentmindedness C. interference D. source monitoring
According to the text, emotions are ____, whereas moods are ____
a. linked to particular events; not linked to particular events b. not linked to particular events; linked to particular events c. automatic responses; conscious evaluations d. conscious evaluations; automatic responses
Keysha's mother is homozygous for a dominant allele for unattached earlobes and her father is heterozygous for a recessive allele for attached earlobes. Keysha has two siblings. What of the following is a true statement about Keysha and her siblings?
A. Keysha and her siblings will all have the same genotype. B. Keysha and her siblings will all have the same phenotype. C. Keysha and her siblings will all have attached earlobes. D. Keysha, but not her siblings, will have unattached earlobes.
Nonshared environmental influences involve forces that make siblings a. act in virtually identical ways. b. homozygous
c. dizygotic twins. d. different from one another.