If you are led to perceive in a certain way due to past experience, motives, context, or suggestion, then you are experiencing which of the following?
a. perceptual set
b. cognitive threshold
c. perceptual orientation
d. sensory bias
A
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Although there is no hard-and-fast percentage of agreement that defines low interobserver reliability, in published research studies, researchers generally report interobserver reliabilities that are at least as high as
A. 25 percent. B. 50 percent. C. 60 percent. D. 85 percent.
If you notice that a student who does not talk to others in history class also does not talk to other students in English class and in math class, you might attribute his behavior to shyness based on
a. an external cause b. situational demand c. distinctiveness d. consistency
In Descartes's view, animals were nothing more than
a. creations of God to be used to satisfy humankind's needs and pleasures. b. creatures controlled by animism. c. mechanical devices. d. dualistic entities that serve few, if any, useful functions. e. spirits.
For a behaviorist like John Watson, ______ is the only important thing in understanding human behavior.
a. observable behavior b. an internal conflict in the subconscious mind c. the striving toward wholeness d. a hierarchy of needs