Some psychologists believe that behavior is motivated by the body's attempts to achieve a state of balance in which the body functions effectively, or arrives at a state of ________

a. acquiescence
b. homeostasis
c. propinquity
d. reciprocity


Answer: b

Psychology

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a. serotonin and acetylcholine. b. dopamine and norepinephrine. c. endorphins. d. GABA.

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Your textbook states that phonemic restoration is a kind of illusion. This statement is true because

a. we think that we hear boundaries between words, even when a physical boundary does not really exist. b. we think that we are accurate when we replace a missing phoneme, but we typically make many errors. c. we make too much use of bottom-up processing. d. we think that we hear a speech sound, even if it is not present in the distal stimulus.

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The subjects subsection of the method section describes the people that participated in the research

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

Gina, age 10, is participating in a study in which she is asked to press a button whenever she sees a 4 or a 9 appear on a computer screen that flashes random numbers. This study is testing Gina's ______.

A. executive function B. selective attention C. working memory D. sensory memory

Psychology