The immediate imitation of someone else's words is known as ________

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.


echolalia

Psychology

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What is one likely explanation for why cats and bats evolved a tendency to sleep many hours?

a. They have little risk of being attacked during their sleep. b. They are less physically active during the day than other species. c. They eat diets that are relatively low in calories. d. They have smaller brains, compared to other species of similar size.

Psychology

Larry, a ten-year-old, first sees two identical glasses with water at the same level. Then the water from one of the short, wide glasses is poured into a taller, narrower glass. Larry will likely conclude that __________.

A. there is more water in the taller, narrower glass B. there is more water in the shorter, wider glass C. there is an equal amount of water in the shorter, wider glass and the taller, narrower glass D. there is an equal amount of water in the two identical glasses only

Psychology

Labeling a patient with a diagnosis is often referred to as a "double-edged sword" as the diagnostic label can both help and hurt the patient. Explain the advantages and disadvantages (to the patient) of a diagnostic label

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

An experiment in which male subjects were given phony feedback about their heart rate responses to slides of nude females shows that

a. perception of emotion is altered by misinformation about the effects of adrenaline. b. people are not easily fooled about their own emotional responses. c. physical arousal is unimportant to emotion. d. emotion is affected by the attribution of physical arousal.

Psychology