Which of the following is true of the active process of inhibition?
a. It is the inability to prevent oneself from making some cognitive or behavioral response.
b. It is the process of responding or activating some set of cognitive operations.
c. It is detrimental to sophisticated thought because it blocks key ideas.
d. It is often as vital to sophisticated thought as activating some mental mechanism.
D
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Evolutionary theory predicts that women should place more emphasis than men on all but which of the following partner characteristics?
a. ambition b. intelligence c. social status d. physical attractiveness
What do motivation and emotion have in common??
a. ?They both arouse an organism to stimulate some type of behavior. b. ?They both stimulate behavioral changes in a specific manner. c. ?They both cause a prolonged change in behavior. d. ?They both lead to general rather than specific behavioral changes.
Dana sees no glowing embers when she looks directly at the fireplace, but when she looks a little to the side, she can see a dimly glowing spot. The best explanation for this is that:
a. dark adaptation occurs faster outside the fovea b. rods produce more retinal disparity c. cones provide better acuity d. rods are more sensitive to light than cones
Whose behavior is consistent with someone who is striving for self-actualization??
a. ?Marty, who grew up very poor and even now that she is successful, still feels the need to stockpile food so she will not go hungry b. ?Grace, who feels lonely at her new job and makes a point of being friendly to everyone c. ?Victor, who, after a successful career as an engineer, travels to impoverished areas to help develop safe drinking water supplies d. ?Ralph, who is saving every spare dollar so he can buy a house