The capacity for _______________ protects us in daily life from being overwhelmed by all the sensory signals impinging on our receptors
a. sensory deprivation
b. selective attention
c. signal detection
d. anatomical encoding
Answer: b
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diagnosis is ____. a. noise phobia c. posttraumatic stress disorder b. panic disorder d. acute stress disorder
The idea that irrational beliefs lead to emotional distress is at the core of which approach to therapy?
a. behavior therapy b. rational-emotive behavior therapy c. humanistic therapy d. Gestalt therapy e. client-centered therapy
_____________ is characterized as the label implies by repetitive and compulsive picking of the skin, leading to tissue damage.
A. Excoriation B. Trichotillomania C. Retail therapy D. Habit reversal training
In a between-subjects design, ______.
A. all groups of individuals receive different levels of independent variables B. a single group of individuals is given different levels of the independent variables C. all groups of individuals receive the same level of the independent variables D. all groups of individuals are matched on certain characteristics