A repeated focus on negative thoughts, problems, symptoms, and possible consequences of these problems is known as ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
rumination
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According to the early psychologist William James, consciousness can best be described as
a. the collection of chopped-up bits of mental experience. b. a fixed state of mental contents. c. a stream of thoughts. d. our perception of objects in our visual field. e. the difference between our thoughts and our experiences of the world.
Francisco has a disease that is destroying the myelin on his neurons. What effect will this disease most likely have on Francisco?
a. ?His brain and spinal cord will completely cease to function. b. ?His will be paralyzed on one side of his body but not the other. c. ?His neural signals will slow down. d. ?His neural signals will speed up.
Diseases such as multiple sclerosis usually involve a deterioration of what part of a neuron?
A. cell body B. dendrites C. myelin sheath D. axon E. nucleus
Kristina is conducting an experiment with canines. She is seeing whether an individual in a group of canines will touch its own face when looking in a mirror. What is Kristina's experiment designed to demonstrate?
A. self-concept B. upward social comparison C. downward social comparison D. self-awareness