Perception occurs primarily in sense organs
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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Julie and Beth independently observe (hear) a child swear, and each records that swearing occurred. This is called:
a. independent agreement b. interobserver agreement c. independent observation d. agreement recording
The football player, who was playing injured, dropped the ball on a key play. The coach told the player he dropped the ball because he "didn't have the heart of a winner.". The coach's behavior illustrates:
a. the self-serving bias b. the fundamental attribution error c. a self-fulfilling prophecy d. cognitive dissonance
In one study, participants said that a $90 wine tasted better than a $10 wine, although the participants had really tasted the same wine. Interestingly, the participants' functional MRI images showed that the pleasure areas of their brains were more active when they were told they were drinking the "$90 wine.". The results of this experiment illustrate that
a. suggesting the wine was expensive created a perceptual expectancy that it would taste better. b. few people are supertasters that have the ability to discern the difference in wines. c. few people are trained to do adequate reality testing. d. suggesting the wine was expensive created inattentional blindness, blocking the actual taste sensation of the wine and creating a delusion.
Reliable estimates for 2007 identified Alzheimer's disease as the cause of
a. less than 10,000 deaths b. approximately 23,000 deaths c. more than 74,000 deaths d. nearly 100,000 deaths e. approximately 1 million deaths