According to Jeffrey Gray, a British neuropsychologist, the behavioral inhibition system (BIS) is activated by danger signals ________, resulting in the experience of anxiety
a. ascending from the brain stem
b. descending from the cortex
c. arising from both the brain stem and the cortex
d. within the amygdala only
c
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Borderline personality disorder, in which some behavior "borders" on being out of touch with reality, was first associated with the ideas of a. Otto Kernberg
b. Sigmund Freud. c. Alfred Adler. d. Carl Jung.
A correlation of -0.82 between two variables would reflect
a. A small effect size b. The fact that the second variable is larger than the first c. A large effect size d. A weak correlation
Research on the Flynn effect indicates that the largest generational IQ gains have occurred on
A) items strongly correlated with Spearman's g. B) items emphasizing short-term and rote memory. C) items emphasizing crystallized intelligence. D) fluid-ability tests of spatial reasoning.
One out of every ____ people in the United States is sixty-five years of age or older
a) four b) six c) eight d) ten