______ is the mental process of making meaning of sensory information
a) Abstraction
b) Sensation
c) Perception
d) Consciousness
ANS: C
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a. an implicit personality theory. b. the trait negativity bias. c. the summation model of impression formation. d. the primacy effect.
St. Louis invested millions of dollars for a new trolley system. The line ended up covering a very short distance and required more funds before the trolley could start running. What does this situation exemplify?
A. optimistic bias B. planning fallacy C. upward counterfactual thinking D. magical thinking
The sweat glands, adrenal glands, and muscles that constrict blood vessels have input from only the ____ nervous system.
A. sympathetic B. parasympathetic C. central D. dorsal root
Studies of adopted children who spent their first year or more in deprived Eastern European orphanages indicate that
A) late adoptees, placed in homes after age 4, have more difficulty bonding with their adoptive parents. B) adoptees do not typically show social or emotional problems if adopted before the age of 6. C) fully normal emotional development depends on establishing a close tie with a caregiver early in life. D) adoptees' delays and impairments tend to disappear in middle childhood.