Which of the following is a device for recording heart rate, blood pressure, respiration,
and galvanic skin response
and is commonly called a "lie detector"?
a. biofeedback method
b. polygraph
c. infrared face scan
d. fMRI
ANSWER: b
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a. mentally rotating visual images. b. remembering locations. c. reading a map. d. learning a maze.
Which of the following statements concerning anecdotal evidence is false?
a. Anecdotal evidence is based on a single example and may reflect sampling bias. b. Anecdotal evidence rarely influences a person's opinion or behavior. c. Anecdotal evidence can usually be found to support any position. d. Anecdotal evidence often reflects a distortion in self-report.
A child who is capable of reversibility can
A) center on just one aspect of a problem, rather than focus on several aspects at once. B) focus on relations between a general category and two specific categories at the same time. C) order items along a quantitative dimension. D) think through a series of steps and then mentally reverse direction.
A lightning strike produces visual persistence due to __________
a. continued retinal activity of the receptor cells b. the span of apprehension c. the iconic sensory register d. apperception