The smallest difference in intensity of two stimuli required to perceive a difference in intensity 50% of the time is called the _______ _______
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
difference threshold
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Montresse has been found guilty of espionage in his home country. This nation usually prohibits the death penalty, but in unusually serious cases such as this, the death penalty may be permitted. In which country does Montresse live?
a. Denmark b. Columbia c. Israel d. Kenya
What does research suggest about the influence of physical attractiveness? Does it have an impact on our routine everyday actions (e.g., whether to assist strangers who ask favors)? What about actions that are relatively important to people (e.g., which politician they vote for)?
a. Attractiveness does not seem to matter nearly as much as people think it does. b. Attractiveness matters for small things, but does not seem to matter much for things that are relatively important to people. c. Ironically, attractiveness seems to have an impact on things that are relatively important to people, but does not seem to matter much for small things. d. Attractiveness seems to have an impact both on small things and on things that are relatively important to people.
If you have learned something about your friends' personalities from their reactions to movies, paintings, what they see in cloud formations, and other ambiguous stimuli, then you are using an informal method of assessing personality that is similar to which of the following?
a. the rating scale b. situational testing c. projective tests d. personality inventories
Charles Spearman developed the ____ theory, which termed the general intelligence factor as "g" and specific factors as "s."
a. multiple-factor c. information processing b. triarchic d. two-factor