Oscar feels that if he does not circle his car five times before he gets in it, he will have an accident. The feeling that he is going to have an accident represents a(n)
A) delusion.
B) compulsion.
C) hallucination.
D) obsession.
Answer: D) obsession.
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How does the James-Lange theory of emotions describe the relationship between trembling and fear? a. Episodes of trembling and episodes of feeling fear alternate with each other. b. You start to tremble because you feel fear
c. You feel fear when you feel yourself trembling. d. Your fear and your trembling are unrelated to each other.
Jeong is having his brain scanned. As the machine is working, he is asked to read words on a screen. He is most likely having a(n):
A. MRI scan B. SET scan C. fMRI scan D. X-ray scan
When a language uses "grammatical markers" that can be learned at young ages, then telegraphic speech
a. becomes very strongly telegraphic. b. is the same as in other languages. c. is reduced because toddlers speak grammatical sentences. d. is reduced because toddlers' speech is greatly delayed.
Why are relatively few inherited disorders caused by dominant alleles?
a. Most disorders caused by dominant alleles lead to sterility, which means the dominant allele will not be passed on. b. Genetic testing can more readily identify dominant rather than recessive alleles; genetic counseling has more successfully reduced the incidence of disorders caused by dominant alleles. c. Every person with one of the dominant alleles will have the disorder, and people with most of these disorders do not usually live long enough to reproduce, so the allele will not be passed on. d. Individuals carrying dominant alleles for a disorder are less likely to actually have the disorder than are individuals carrying a recessive allele for a disorder.