Which older person is taking a bridge job?
a) Margaret, who works repairing bridges
b) Mario, who works at reduced hours for his old law firm
c) Max, who bridges his time between two jobs
d) Maria, who works part time at the supermarket after retiring as an accountant
Answer: d) Maria, who works part time at the supermarket after retiring as an accountant
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An area of specialization in applied psychology that is primarily involved in the treatment of less severe problems of everyday life (such as marriage counseling) is
a. social psychology. b. counseling psychology. c. clinical psychology. d. cognitive psychology.
Behavioural and physiological research on the brain and personality traits has tended to support Hans Eysenck's theory of _____ in extraverts and in introverts.
A) drive for stimulation B) differences in dopamine levels C) cortical arousal differences D) prefrontal cortex disparities
Judy has cancer and is receiving chemotherapy at a local hospital. Her parents notice that she now rejects food that she willingly ate last week (before chemotherapy). Through the process of ________, the food is now acting as a ________
a. operant conditioning; negative reinforcer b. negative reinforcement; conditioned stimulus c. aversive conditioning; conditioned stimulus d. appetitive conditioning; conditioned stimulus e. conditioned reinforcement; unconditioned response
How can the nervous system represent increases in the intensity of a stimulus?
a. Only by an increase in the size of the action potential in each neuron that fires. b. Only by an increase in the number of neurons being fired. c. Only by an increase in the frequency of firing in each neuron. d. By increasing the number of neurons firing and the frequency of firing in each neuron.