__________ investigations consist of research conducted in order to establish averages or baselines
a. Normative
b. Control
c. Population
d. Continuity
Answer: A
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a. biological psychology and the individual differences approach b. developmental psychology and social psychology c. cognitive psychology and evolutionary psychology d. evolutionary psychology and clinical psychology
Henry works the night shift at a convenience store. He sees a man entering the store with his hood up, hands in his pockets, and eyes darting around. This causes Henry’s stress level to surge. At times of stress, pituitary hormones activate the ____ gland(s), which release(s) other hormones, including ____, that travel throughout the body and brain to provide a general “wake up” message
a. pancreatic; insulin b. pineal; melatonin c. thyroid; serotonin d. adrenal; cortisol
Simply imaging something pleasant is not sufficient to stimulate the release of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens; the event must actually be experienced
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Dr. Estavez is about to conduct a study in which he will present several different lists of
words for participants to memorize. Some lists are long and some are short. Dr. Estavez plans to present all the short lists before presenting the long lists. Worried that the order in which the lists are presented may affect the outcome of the study, you advise Dr. Estavez to a. assign participants randomly to groups. b. counterbalance the presentation of the lists. c. use a pretest to make sure all participants have about the same memory abilities. d. make sure that all the words in the lists are unfamiliar to participants. e. make sure all of the lists are the same length.