What type of neurons fire if a monkey observes another monkey engaging in an action?
a) magnetic neurons
b) mirror neurons
c) sensory neurons
d) motor neurons
Answer: B
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If your psychology teacher conducts research on specific neurons in the occipital lobe to determine when they fire in response to specific shapes of line orientations, he is most likely a(n) ____
a. ?feature detection theorist b. ?Gestalt psychologist c. ?opponent-process theorist d. ?stimulus-response psychologist
Primary reinforcers ____
a. ?are directly reinforcing b. ?exert their effects through secondary reinforcers c. ?are not as effective as secondary reinforcers d. ?include such things as money
Which is the correct sequence of steps in systematic desensitization?
a. practice relaxation, develop anxiety hierarchy, associate relaxation with anxieties b. associate relaxation with anxieties, practice relaxation, develop anxiety hierarchy c. identify thinking flaws, change emotions, change faulty ways of thinking d. develop anxiety hierarchy, practice relaxation, associate relaxation with anxieties e. identify thinking flaws, change thinking flaws, experience more positive emotions
Given empirical support for the bystander effect (Latané & Darley, 1970), all things being equal, you would be more likely to get needed assistance were you to have a heart attack
a. at a large convention of ministers. b. when having a conversation with one other person. c. in a busy restaurant. d. at a crowded shopping mall.