Gina, age 10, is participating in a study in which she is asked to press a button whenever she sees a 4 or a 9 appear on a computer screen that flashes random numbers. This study is testing Gina's ______.
A. executive function
B. selective attention
C. working memory
D. sensory memory
Answer: B
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If Zack is like the alienated workers interviewed in Terkel's (1974) classic study, he would most likely describe himself as a a. "ghost in the machine of industry."
b. "cog in a faceless machine of industry.". c. "machine head.". d. "warrior ready to rage against the machine.".
The dose of drug that produces the effect desired in half of the subjects is called the drug's
a) effective dose 50 b) acute toxicity. c) lethal dose 50. d) margin of safety.
The medical profession may negatively influence the course of a somatoform disorder by _____.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Juan hears his older brother singing loudly while in the shower, and now Juan also imitates it. According to Bandura's social learning theory, this is an example of
A. imprinting. B. habituation. C. conditioning. D. modeling.