Gerry is an undergraduate at the local community college. He has just taken the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) and received a high score, which suggests that Gerry
a. has a high rate of satisfaction with life, in general.
b. is socially more active than the average college student.
c. has been exposed to health-threatening levels of stress.
d. has a Type A personality.
ANSWER: c
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a. are stronger when the incoming stimulation is more intense b. are seldom strong enough to reach the terminal buttons c. travel more slowly if the incoming stimulation is less intense d. are generated in an all-or-none fashion
In a recent fMRI study examining three different types of readers, adults who had trouble learning to read early in school
a) showed less activation in the areas of the brain linked to reading than adults who never had any trouble with reading. b) showed the same activation in the areas of the brain linked to reading as adults who never had any trouble with reading. c) showed more activation in the areas of the brain linked to reading than adults who never had any trouble with reading. d) showed no activation on the right side of the brain.
The three layers (in order) of tissue found in the vagina are:
A) mucous, muscle, and fibrous. B) glans, shaft, and root. C) endometrium, mesometrium, and myometrium. D) cavernous, spongy, and root.
The primacy effects refers to the fact that:
a) the most important items in a list are more likely to be remembered than are less important b) The first-presented items in a list are more likely to be remembered than are items in the middle of the list. c) those items in a list that have the greatest emotional impact are those with the greatest likelihood of recall d) the items presented most recently in a lost are more likely to be remembered than are items presented earlier