When you walk away from a difficult problem and do something else for a while, then come back and solve the problem successfully, you have experienced the ______ effect.

a. incubation
b. mental-set
c. unconscious-processing
d. problem-space


a. incubation

Psychology

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Suppose that Peter is an expert in gymnastics. You would expect to find that

a. he is also an expert in several other unrelated areas. b. he actually has less vivid imagery about gymnastics than a nonexpert would have. c. he has an IQ that is in the gifted range. d. he practices gymnastics very conscientiously, typically at least an hour every day.

Psychology

Annamae is studying for a quiz on movement. She writes in her notes that _____ muscle type is responsible for the activity of the ______.

A. striated; digestive system B. cardiac; heart C. smooth; heart D. cardiac; digestive system

Psychology

Travis is a participant in the X-games every year, which features events that are high flying and exhilarating to watch or participate in, but also very dangerous to the competitors

Because Travis is willing to take chances with his health to get the adrenaline rush from these sorts of events, Cost and McCrae would argue that he ranks high on which of the five factors? a) openness b) neuroticism c) conscientiousness d) extraversion

Psychology

The optimum value of a system variable is called a

a. detector. b. set point. c. system variable. d. correctional mechanism. e. regulator.

Psychology