Cognitive psychologists are specifically interested in studying
a. animal learning and motivation.
b. genetic and hormonal effects on behavior.
c. human thinking and memory.
d. introspection and behavioral disorders.
C
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A sample is selected from a population with ? = 50 and ? = 12 . If the sample mean of M = 56 produces a z-score of z = +1.00, then how many scores are in the sample?
a. 2 c. 9 b. 4 d. 16
Later in history, Bacon's approach to science was called:
a. romanticism b. positivism c. dialectics d. metaphysical
Regarding the profession of psychology, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Real psychologists follow an ethical code that stresses respect for people's privacy, dignity, confidentiality, and welfare. b. If a person calls himself or herself a "therapist," he or she must have a license issued by a state examining board. c. Movies have featured psychologists who were more disturbed than their patients or were bumbling buffoons, which can seriously distort public perceptions of responsible and hardworking psychologists. d. The word "shrink" is actually a slang term that refers only to psychiatrists.
A contemporary and popular way of explaining mind-body relationships that claims mental states emerge from brain activity is called:
a. ?reification b. ?emergentism c. ?naive realism d. ?namification