You are watching television while expecting an important phone call. Periodically you think you hear the phone and pick up the receiver only to hear a dial tone. According to signal detection theory, what type of error have you made?
a) true negative
b) true positive
c) false negative
d) false positive
ANS: d
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a. antianxiety medications b. antihypertensive medications c. antidepressant medications d. stimulant medications
Research indicates that, across all contemporary human cultures, ____
a. homosexuality is looked upon with disapproval b. sex outside of marriage is illegal c. women are expected to be virgins when married d. men desire more sexual partners than women
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a. eyes. c. legs. b. ears. d. joints.
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a. self-consciousness b. metacognition c. reversed cognition d. minimal consciousness