According to the ________, language provides us with categories that we use to construct our view of people and events in the world around us.

What will be an ideal response?


linguistic-relativity hypothesis

Psychology

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A life review is a common theme for most personality theorists focusing on late adulthood.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Psychology

Professor McLeod says, "Psychological factors can influence physical processes by producing physiological changes in the immune system. For hundreds of years, health care professionals have understood this connection between psychological and physical factors. However, psychological conditions cannot influence neural and biological systems. Additionally, a person's beliefs about the causes, symptoms, duration, and curability of a disease do not affect that person's willingness to seek treatment and follow through with it." Which part of Professor McLeod's statement is accurate?

a. Psychological factors can influence physical processes by producing physiological changes in the immunsystem. b. For hundreds of years, health care professionals have understood this connection between psychological and physical factors. c. Psychological conditions cannot influence neural and biological systems. d. A person's beliefs about the causes, symptoms, duration, and curability of a disease do not affect that person's willingness to seek treatment and follow through with it."

Psychology

The design that allows for the greatest reduction of error variance is:

a. within-subjects. b. between-subjects. c. completely randomized. d. factorial.

Psychology

One of the most influential researchers of eyewitness memory, whose work was discussed in your textbook, has been ______

a) Donald Broadbent b) George Sperling c) Elizabeth Loftus d) Anne Treisman

Psychology