"A persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, or situation ... that leads to a
compelling desire to avoid it" is coded by the DSM IV as a/an
(a) specific phobia (b) panic disorder
(c) neurotic stress disorder (d) irrational stress disorder
(e) avoidance disorder
A
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Humans have an innate desire to avoid ____ tastes, and it is believed that this avoidance is advantageous to survival.
A. salty B. sweet C. umami D. bitter
In an independent-measures ANOVA, individual differences contribute to the variance in the numerator and in the denominator of the F-ratio. For a repeated-measures ANOVA, what happens to the individual differences in the denominator of the F-ratio?
a. They do not exist because the same individuals participate in all treatments. b. They are measured and subtracted out in the second stage of the analysis. c. Individual differences contribute to the variance in the denominator. d. None of the other options accurately describes individual differences in the denominator.
The resting potential of a neuron was discovered in 1939 by biologists studying marine animals such as squid. Squid were studied because:
A) their neurons are more similar to human neurons than those of most other animals. B) their neurons are large and easy to study. C) neurotransmission evolved first in marine animals. D) it is unethical to study these processes in humans.
Which phase of brainwashing occurs when exhaustion, pressure, and fear become so unbearable that the prisoners reach their breaking point and sign false confessions or cooperate to gain relief?
a. unfreezing b. refreezing c. change d. dissonance