The best publication for doing a complete literature search to find out what has been done in a particular research area of psychology is
A) PsycINFO.
B) Contemporary Psychology.
C) Professional Psychology.
D) American Psychologist.
A
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a. linear perspective b. aerial perspective c. texture gradient d. motion parallax
In the context of classical conditioning, which of the following is true about stimulus generalization?
A. Its likelihood is directly proportional to the similarity between two stimuli. B. It occurs when a previously conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears. C. It is the decrease in response to a stimulus that occurs after repeated presentations of the same stimulus. D. It occurs when one of two stimuli evokes a conditioned response but the other does not.
Which of the following statements about gender and self-esteem is FALSE?
A) Overall, adolescent girls have slightly lower self-esteem than adolescent boys. B) For adolescent boys more than girls, self-esteem is tied to athletic performance. C) For adolescent girls more than boys, self-esteem is tied to physical appearance. D) For adolescent girls more than boys, self-esteem is tied to achievement.
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a. behaviors c. memories b. emotions d. thought patterns