In Sperling's experiments, people were able to remember about ______ of 12 letters presented to them if he waited a full second between presenting the letters and asking people to recall them
a. 0 - 1 c. 8 - 9
b. 4 - 5 d. 11 - 12
B
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Which scenario is the best example of self-handicapping?
a. Roy is a cigarette smoker. He does not like to hear about the health risks of smoking. He therefore ignores such information, or dismisses it as invalid, and continues to smoke. b. Neither Yuki nor her friends ever study very much for school. Since Yuki does not know anyone who studies very hard, she assumes that in fact no one ever studies hard. As a consequence, she continues to have terrible study habits. c. Jacques has a big wrestling match coming up, but he fears that he will lose. The week before the match, he claims that he is "really busy with other studies," and does not practice at all. Even though he may not realize he is doing this, he is setting himself up so that he will have an "excuse" in case he loses the match. d. Sometimes, when Olivia has a long day, she yells at her children when she gets home. She usually feels very bad about this right after doing it. But then she realizes that she can "justify" her behavior ("I am the parent here," she thinks, "and I have the right to discipline my children.") In other words, she is able to rationalize, or excuse, a not-so-good behavior.
Second-generation behavior therapies emphasize
a. changing the external environment to modify overt behaviors. b. modifying client's dysfunctional thoughts and beliefs. c. accepting psychological pain and discomfort as inevitable. d. the value of problem behaviors in fulfilling life goals.
Intermediate states can be created by
A. restructuring initial states. B. restructuring goal states. C. creating operators. D. creating subgoals.
While you are posing for a picture, the camera’s flash goes off and you feel a momentary sense of pain in your eyes. This is most likely a result of ____.?
a. ?the sudden breakdown of large amounts of photopigments b. ?a relatively common example of synesthesia in which light is transduced as touch c. ?a large increase in the speed of the action potentials being fired d. ?rods, cones, horizontal, bipolar, amacrine, and ganglion cells firing all at the same time