In a signal detection task, the participant doesn't detect a signal but a signal was present. This is called a _______________
a. hit
b. false alarm
c. miss
d. correct rejection
Answer: c
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One possible explanation for the failure of school desegregation to promote better racial relations is that it was
a. a simplistic idea with no chance of working. b. carried out on too large a scale. c. often carried out without supportive social norms. d. a strategy that provided too much racial contact.
Don solves puzzles and problems with ease. He probably uses all of the following EXCEPT
a. algorithms. c. hypnosis. b. heuristics. d. analogies.
The assumption that people will behave antisocially until they learn not to offend through a combination of inner and external constraints fits in which theory?
A. control B. differential opportunity C. structural D. subcultural
Drug X works by limiting the action of monoamine oxidase. You can be quite certain that the resulting effect from the use of Drug X will be a(n)
a. increase in norepinephrine at the synapse. b. decrease of norepinephrine at the synapse. c. increase of dopamine at the synapse. d. decrease of dopamine at the synapse.